School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)
- Location:
- Kildeema, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Cárthaigh
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- Monday is a lucky day to start cutting hay. If you start spending money of a Monday you will be spending it for the rest of the week. People long ago would not give you a penny of a Monday.
Tuesday is a lucky day to get married and it is also a lucky day to hatch a hen. People long ago wouldn't hatch only of a Tuesday or Sunday.
Wednesday is a good day to get married.
Thursday is also a lucky day to hatch a hen.
If you are leaving one house and going into another it is very lucky to go of a Friday. Friday is also a lucky day for cutting hay or setting potatoes.
The first day of February is Brigid's Day. On the first night of February it was a custom to people to hang a piece of cord outside a cabin door and measure it and find how many fingers in it and in the morning if it's a bit shorter you are going to have a bad year and you will(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Hanrahan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown West, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs W. Hanrahan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Newtown West, Co. Clare
