1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair

School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Na Mná Rialta
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 079

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 079

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair
  2. XML Page 079
  3. XML “The Lore of Certain Days”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Lore of Certain Days

    Share Share Post
    The days of the week looked upon as being lucky in our district are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday. The unlucky days are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The following rhyme concerns the days of the week on which people are married
    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    And Saturday no day at all.
    Another rhyme concerning babies born on certain days is
    Monday's baby is fair of face,
    Tuesday's baby is full of grace,
    Wednesday's baby has far to go,
    Thursday's baby is full of woe,
    Friday's baby is loving and giving,
    Saturday's baby works hard for its living
    But the baby born on the Sabbath Day is bonny and blithe and good and gay.
    On Saturdays peple do not begin to plough. When a
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardra, Co. Kilkenny