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School: Moynalty (C.)

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Moynalty, Co. Meath
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 025

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    It is considered unlucky to buy or sell or pay for anything on Sunday.
    Sundays selling never stands in law.
    Tuesday and Saturday - Unlucky to move from one place to another or to change the new mode of life.
    Saturdays or Tuesday flitting Makes a short sitting.
    Wednesday Lucky day to marry
    Friday unlucky to marry
    Monday for health
    Tuesday for health
    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses
    Saturday no luck at all.
    May and August unlucky months in which to marry.
    Friday lucky day to start any farm work to start anything new or to move to another place.
    A child born on Whit Sunday is known as a Cingcise
    A blow received from a Cingcise is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Carpenter
    Gender
    Female