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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 303

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    On St. Brigid's Day people gather snowdrops and put them up in jugs and vases and leave them there till they decay.
    It is said that anyone that is born on Whit Sunday is supposed to be unlucky to themselves or to others.
    The twelve days after Christmas are supposed to tell the weather of the twelve months of the year.
    The people say that if Candlemas is fair it will leave two winters in the year.
    After Easter the people always put in an early crop (potatoes) because it is supposed that there is a good growth in the weather.
    An old proverb the people had was: An early Easter leaves an early
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    James Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan