School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

Location:
Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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  1. People never got married on a Monday (they wont break laws or make laws) because it is very unlucky. People never went to places on Monday, Wednesday, Friday because they were unlucky days to travel. They went Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday which were the lucky days. They paid rounds on Good Friday it they were sick.
    Béal nó Fóghmhar na nGéana.
    This was the name given to the time when the geese started to fly in the middle of September. They flew miles away and some of them never came back again.
    The people set no potatoes, gave no milk or made no butter on May Day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Donncadh Ó Buachalla
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Dáithí Ó Murcadha
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
  2. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth.
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for Crosses, Friday for losses,
    And Saturday no luck at all.
    Still quoted on a person's marriage-day. - In this district Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday ONLY are the days for marriages.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.