School: Cnapach (Crappagh) (roll number 7529)
- Location:
- Crappagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Horan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 339
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- It's a custom around here to strew many flowers around a house & around the well on May Eve to keep the fairies away.It's considered unlucky to go near or on water on either Whit Sunday or Whit Monday.Friday is considered a lucky day to start any work or to change residence. Saturday is unlucky. "Saturday's flit is a short sit."Good Friday is considered a very lucky day for planting anything like potatoes. Anything born on either Whit Sunday or Whit Monday is unluckly & will either kill itself or something else. Many years ago people used to put a green sod on its head to remove the ill luck.It is rains on St Swithin's Day, July 15th, it will rain for 40 days.Borrowing Days - the first 3 days of April. March is supposed to borrow them from April to skin the old cow.The first days of August are called "Lammas" & it sometimes rains a lot at this time. The floods are called "Lammas floods." These(continues on next page)
