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School: Kildavin, Ferns

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Kildavin, Co. Carlow
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Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 215

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  1. The Lore of Days (continued)

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    in May they are unlucky. It is lucky to get married on any day of the week except Friday, Saturday and Sunday but Wednesday is a very lucky day to get married. A person is unlucky if he sows the crops on Good Friday.
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  2. The Lore of Days

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    From about the fourteenth to the seventeenth of April are usually cold bad days. Those days are called the days they are "skinning the old cow". The days between the 12th to the 17th of April are the borrowed days, they are borrowed from March. March is supposed to have many weathers.
    When anyone has a cold in March they say "March search". "April try and May will tell if you will live or die."

    When going on a long journey on Friday it is counted unlucky. Some people say it is lucky because it
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lillie Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mrs Sinnott
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Occupations
    Farmer's wife
    Shopkeeper's wife
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow