School: Rathmore, Tullow
- Location:
- Rathmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)The bird lies upon the eggs for three weeks to hatch them
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- Collector
- Gretta Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Straboe, Co. Carlow
- The luckiest day to get married is on Wendesday. The most unlucky day to get married is saturday. Men start to work on a Monday. The people sow the potatoes before the 17th of March. All the crops are up in May. The cabbage and carrots and parsnips are left until later Tuesday and Friday are for curing jaundice and evils.
- Travelling people still call to our home. People used to go about many years ago. Some of them are poor. They sell cans, tabels, artificial flowers, baskets, necklaces, cups, saucers and many other(continues on next page)
