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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 123

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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    will be giving them free all year People strive to make some money on hansel Monday. They believe they will be making money all the year then. The eggs that were laid on Good Friday will keep from six to twelve months and they are a good cure for a headache to eat them. Loud noise kills chickens in the shell before they come out and it is said that if you put an iron in the fire they will not be killed with the noise. Friday is a good day to start work as it was an old saying Monday Sunday's brother ,
    Tuesday such an other
    Wensday fast and pray
    Thursday market-day
    Friday the day to begin
    and Saturday market again
    If you are not ready to cut turf cut a day's work on the Friday in May and leave
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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
    Pauline Gerety
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Daroge, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ardoghil, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Gerety
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    34
    Address
    Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford