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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 614

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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    of the year you will not get the full amount. The first Monday of the new year is called Hansel Monday,and it is considered unlucky to transact business dealing with money or to give away money. If you do give away money they say you shall be giving it away the whole year round. People say it is unlucky to be late fo mass on the sixth of January.
    The Three Reevock Days - or the three first days of April. There was a sick cow once and she defied the season of Winter to kill her. So she lived all along until March and she defied March to kill her and at the end of March she was still alive. So March borrowed three days from April to kill the old cow.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Mr M. Conlon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Rathmore, Co. Longford