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School: Páirc na Rian (C.), Rampark, Jenkinstown (roll number 4882)

Location:
Rampark, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Fhlannagáin
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  1. Lore of Certain Days

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    Lucky days and Periods
    Friday is considered a lucky day for changing into a new house
    All farmers start setting potatoes on a Friday.
    Some people do not start to sow corn until Good Friday.
    The Cooley farmers do not start to dig new potatoes until St James Day.
    In other parishes the people do not start digging new potatoes until the twelfth of July.
    If you marry in May you will rue the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Dhiarmada
    Gender
    Female