School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)
- Location:
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: W. J. Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 213
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - It was believed that if a person found a horse shoe it would bring them good luck.
It was also believed that if a person was going astray in the night, if he turned his coat he would go the right way. - Long ago old people used to say that the weather up to the twelfth day of May or sometimes up to the twenty sixth of May is always bad.Sean-Riach - was the name given to bad (weather) in the beginning of April. There was an old cow and she was rejoicing when March was past(continues on next page)
