School: Tullogher, Ros Mhic Treoin (roll number 14648)
- Location:
- Tullagher, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mrs Winnie Murphy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0846, Page 388
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- (continued from previous page)If we are changing our dwelling and going to another house Friday is the luckiest day, and Friday is a lucky (the luckiest) day to being spring sowing. To break anything (in changing or starting dwelling-house is also said to be lucky.
It is lucky to find anything lost: money or otherwise.
- (See page 378)
A sweeping brush (new) should not be bought or brought into the house on a May-day or it will bring bad luck:-"Buy a brush in May -
Take the family away,"
White-washing the house or painting of windows etc during this month would bring bad luck also.
On this morning (May day) people sometimes find a dirty bit of butter or grease fastened to the outside of their door, or dairy or hen-house etc., and they are sure to meet bad luck during the year if on door of cow-house butter is taken, if on door of calves' house these animals will perish or be unlucky, etc., and it is somebody wishing a person ill who sticks this grease (which is really a sort of fungus found on a rotten stick) on their neighbour's door, and whoever passed this grease or finds it first meets the misfortunes.
