School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)
- Location:
- Monknewtown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 433
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- 1. Some people say that anything born on whit week is false.
2. It is said that if it rains on St. Swithin's day it will rain for forty days after.
3. People usually go to new houses on Friday if they can because that day is said to be lucky.
4. It is said that March borrows tree days from April to skin the old cow. That means that the first tree days of April are cold. These days are called the tree borrowed days.
5. It is said that anyone that is born on Christmas day will see a ghost.
6. It is said that it it keeps mild on Candlemas day we will have two winters.
7. It is said that if it is wet on Friday it will be wet on Sunday.
8. Long ago it was the custom to light a bonefire on the before St John's day on the 23rd June.
9. Long ago the people said that if it rained on New year's night the cattle, oats and potatoes would be dear that year.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerald Duggan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dowth, Co. Meath
