School: Carn an Ríogh (roll number 11619)
- Location:
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Énrí
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- In this district in olden times the old people believed that it was not right to start work on certain months and days in the year and they had certain months and days for getting married in that they thought to be lucky. Up to the present day some of those old rules are carried on.
All the old people of this district liked to start their work at the beginning of the week because they used to say that if you started work at the beginning of the week that it would do well no matter what struggling they had to do their work they would do no work let it be small or bit on Sunday or holidays because they used to say that some misfortune would come over it. Up to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Canna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Thomas Quigley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownree, Co. Sligo
