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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 021

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  1. Lore of Certain Days

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    The days for marriages in this locality are rhymed.
    Monday for health.
    Tuesday for wealth.
    Wednesday the best day of all.
    Thursday for losses.
    Friday for crosses, and Saturday no day at all.
    Mondays are considered lucky for getting ringworm cured.
    Tuesdays are unlucky to commence ploughing or to dig a grave.
    Wednesday is a very lucky day to get married.
    Thursday is a very lucky day to go from this country to a far away country, and it is said that the family who go will never meet with any misfortune in this world.
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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
    Eileen Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath