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School: Domhnach Maighin (roll number 15142)

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Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
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Pádraic Ua Muirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 148

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  1. Lore of Certain Days

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    1. If you sew anything on Sunday you will have to rip it on Monday.
    2. A man always begins a new work on Friday because it is a lucky day to start.
    3. If a child is born on whit Sunday and if he hits you a blow the wound will never get well.
    4. A person changing from one house to another should never go until Friday.
    5. If you cut your nails on Sunday the devil will be after you the whole week.
    6. A person should always get married on Wednesday.
    7. The people say that the third day after Christmas is a very unlucky day.
    8. If an ass has a foal on Whit-Monday the foal is called a cingcíse. If it hits anybody a cick they will die.
    9. The twelve days after Christmas rule for the sort of weather that will be for the coming twelve months.
    10, You are early enough to plant potatoes until the 10th May.
    11. It is early enough to set potatoes until
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Mac Ginn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumharriff, Co. Monaghan