School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)

Location:
Rockchapel, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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    house, or change from one house to another on
    FRIDAY.
    No one gets married on Friday.
    If you start out on a journey on Friday, you should not turn back.
    SATURDAY.
    Anything started on Saturday is never finished,
    SUNDAY:-
    Any agreement made on Sunday is not binding.
    What's made up on Sunday is knocked on Monday. This saying is much believed by the farmers - If the cows break through a gap into the corn or potatoes, they turn them out put them into another field, but will not fence the gap on Sunday.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Curtin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Broderick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenacarney, Co. Cork