School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

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1. Travelling Folk (continued)

   

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   such things as a piece of sweet cake, meat, potatoes, and cabbage. There was one woman that used to go around pretty often, Her name was "Mary Bodkin." She used to carry a bundle of bags under her arms and a bucket in each hand full of trumperies. She used to ask for lodgings in the houses as she went along. She was always barefooted both Winter and Summer.

   

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2. Lore of Certain Days

   

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   Around my district certain days are considered to be lucky and others unucky. Friday is a lucky day for changing one place to another. The old people use to say "A fridays fitting makes a long sitting" that is, if one left his old

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Callaghan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lahagboy, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   James Callaghan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lahagboy, Co. Roscommon