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1. Lore of Certain Days

   

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   Many people still have beliefs about certain days, months, and feasts. People say that if you get up early on May day and wash your face in the dew of the grass and let the sun dry it, you would not get sick for the rest of the year. It is not lucky to give away milk on May day. People get up early to get to the well first on May morning as it is believed to be lucky People do not redden graves on Monday. People do not visit the sick for the first time on Friday. The 15th of July is St. Swithin's day and there is a rhyme about it. "St Swithin's day if it dost not rain. For forty days it will remain." "If they is thunder on all Foll's day. It brings good crops of corn and hay." "A wet and windy May, fills the haggard with corn and hay."

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Charlie Mc Carthy

   Gender

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   Address

   Coolnaconarty, Co. Cork