School: Cushinstown (roll number 3146)
- Location:
- Cushinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Rita Dardis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 048
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- 1 Wednesday is a favourite day for marriages. Perhaps the old rhyme accounts for it.
Monday for losses.
Tuesday for Crosses
and Wednesday the best day of all.
2. If you cry on New Year's Day you will cry the hole year round.
3 The old people used to say about delicate people.
March searches,
April tries,
May will tell whether you will live or die.
4 If Friday is wet people belive Sunday will be wet too.
5 Mondays work is always tough,
After Sunday its too much.
6 This is a rhyme about the day which children are born.
Tuesday child is full of Grace
Wednesday child is full of woe.
Thursday child has far to go.
7 Saturday flitting a short sitting(continues on next page)
