School: Ballykelly

Location:
Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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    to skin her and it had to borrow three or four days from April to finish her. That is why the cold days of April are called the days of the old cow.
    It is not good to swim in April and May. There is an old saying
    "April and May keep out of the sea".
    June and July you could swim till you die.
    May is an unlucky month in which to whitewash.
    Some people light bonfires on the first of May and drive the cows through the ash so that nothing would happen them.
    It is unlucky to give away milk on the first of May.
    It is unlucky to bake bread on Sunday
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