School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- (continued from previous page)Dying
Long ago the people used to dye their own wool with a root called beet which they found in the bogs. It was about the size of a potato. - The people in this parish get married before Advent, and they get married on Wednesday for they consider it a lucky day.
There is a rhyme,
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday no luck at all,(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Campbell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hitchestown, Co. Louth