School: Knockconan (roll number 15654)
- Location:
- Knockconan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0959, Page 090
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- It is unlucky to leave a wakehouse alone.
It is not right to leave a baby alone in the house except you put the tongs in the cradle.
It is unlucky to cut one's nails on Sunday.
It is unlucky to knit or sow on Sunday, for the people will say that you will have to rip it with your nose on the last-day.
It is unlucky to flit on Saturday, because the say "Saturday's flit a short sit."
Friday's flit is looked upon as being lucky.
If anyone gets a cut or wound on Whit Monday on Whit Sunday it will never get better.
If a calf is born on Whit Monday it is said it will drown itself.
The people of this district like to begin work on Monday, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
It is unlucky to be working when there is a corpse in the townland.
It is sad that any boy or girl born on Whit Monday will kill somebody or be killed themselves.
It is unlucky to borrow on Whit-Monday.
It is considered unlucky to throw anything away on "New Years Day."
On Candlemas day throw a candle away.
It is lucky to hang a horse shoe in a cowhouse.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggie Mc Meel
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killyleck (Lucas), Co. Monaghan
