School: Wicklow Convent
- Location:
- Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Mrs McCall Sr. M. Martin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0926, Page 119
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- Many days are considered to be lucky and unlucky as the case may be. It is said that whatever you do on New Years Day you will do all the year round.
Hansel Monday is regarded as another of these days supposed to be a successful business day. If the shopkeepers are successful on that day they will make a success the whole year round.
People say it is unlucky to borrow the loan of anything on the first of May.
It is lucky for a foal to be born on the first of May.
It is lucky to drive cows out on the first day of May with a hazel stick.
It is unlucky for chickens to be hatched on the twenty second of June.
It is unlucky for a dog to bark on the ninth of November.
It is unlucky to gather sticks on a Sunday
It is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house on Sunday.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Norton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynerrin, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ballynerrin, Co. Wicklow
