1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Scrabagh

School: Scrabagh (roll number 11202)

Location:
Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs Rose Ffrench
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 040

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 040

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: Scrabagh
  2. XML Page 040
  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 (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    When March was out the Old Cow threw up her heels and said she was safe for this year, but April borrowed three days from March and they skinned the Old Cow. These days are called the Reewogue days.
    It is counted unlucky to change from one house to another on Friday, because the old proverb says, "Friday's flitting makes a short sitting."
    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
    Emily Caslin
    Gender
    Female