School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

Location:
Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 251

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    Wednesday: When a person gets a new boat, she is never taken to sea at first on Wednesday as it is considered unlucky.
    Thursday is a lucky day for marriage.
    Friday: If a person wants to go to see a sick person, he never does so on Friday. It is also unlucky for marriage. If a person gets sick on Friday he will never recover.
    Saturday is a lucky day for marriage and for removing into a new house.
    Good Friday: It is unlucky for a smith to redden an iron in a forge or for a farmer to redden a scrape of ground on Good Friday.
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    Onions should be sat on the shortest day of the year and pulled on the longest day.
    Blackberries should never be picked after the last day of September.
    Potatoes should be sat before St. Patrick's day and should be dug before November day.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Mary Josephina Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs E. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork