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School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)

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Monknewtown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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  1. Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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    10. People get married on Wednesday because it is said to be a lucky day.
    11. The people used to get up early on Hansel Monday and go out early to work on that morning because it used to be said that if they got up early on that morning they would be getting up early the whole year. Hansel Monday used be the first Monday n the new year.
    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
    Gerald Duggan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dowth, Co. Meath