School: Loughill, Longford
- Location:
- Laughil, Co. Longford
- Teacher: P. Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0768, Page 344
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- A Saturday flitting makes a short sitting
There is a saying connected with matrimony and is.-
Monday is luck,
Tuesday is pluck,
Wednesday best day of all,
Thursday is losses
Friday is crosses,
and Saturday worst day of all.
People dig potatoes before the first of November.
People like to have crops in before the twentieth of April.
People always try to have meadows cut in July.
People cut turf in April.
Oats in generally cut in the beginning of September
The "borrowed days" are the first three days of April. March borrowed three days from April to kill the cow. She was thin after the winter. When March was out she was happy but March borrowed three days from April to kill her. Ever since them they are called the "borrowed days". The worst blast is supposed to be on the "borrowed days". The dog days occur between the 24th July and the 26th August and if you get a sore it is sure to turn septic. People set Garlic on Good Friday. If you set eggs on a Saturday you will have all pullets. March is the month for setting onions.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernard Kane
- Gender
- Male
