School: Kilmagner, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 11337)
- Location:
- Kilmagner, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Scannail
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- (continued from previous page)-ing that they were the large cars used on the farm. I saw boys making fishing rods. They got a piece of thick sally and tied a long twine to it. At the end of the twine they attached a pin with a worm on it. They thought when the fish came up the pin should stick in it.
- In every district there are people who count certain days lucky and others unlucky. For example they say it is unlucky to cut hair on Monday and Friday.
People would not begin work such as harvesting, ploughing and hay-making(continues on next page)
