School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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- People do not like to start work on Saturday because there is an old saying "Saturday's beginning is a late ending. The people do not care to take out a lease or to enter a house on any day during April, June or November because it is thought unlucky. The people do not like to set geese eggs on St. Patrick's Day because it is thought that the eggs never come to anything. The birds from such eggs have their bills crossed and they cannot eat. If a crop is sown the the day before St. Patrick's Day it is supposed to be lucky because it gets St. Patrick's blessing. Anything born in Whit week is wild and cross. These day's are called "Cross-day of the year.
- Collector
- Kate Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Derrygrogan Big, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Derrygrogan Big, Co. Offaly
- On an April morning when the old cow was let out after the Winter she kicked up her heels and said she would live another while, So then march borrowed three days from April which was to kill the "old cow".
