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School: Gleann Fleisge

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Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 874

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    It is wrong to leave your house on Monday. Long ago a boy left his house to go to America on Monday. He was on board a ship for two days and he died. His parents did not like to have he go that day. They said it was becuase he left his home on Monday.
    It is wrong to give away milk on May day. If a person is giving away milk to another person he should put a pinch of salt into the milk They think that the good of the years milk would go with the milk that they would give away May Day. They think their milk decrease.
    It is wrong to kill anything on Monday.
    It is wrong to go to school on a Monday it would bring bad luck to the house.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English