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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    The old people believe that there were certain days which it is unlucky to do certain things, and other days which it is lucky to do these things. The old people would not start any work on Saturday because they think it would not be done properly if it was started on Saturday. If they had anything to buy or sell they would not buy or sell it on ''May Day''. They say that if anyone bought anything on ''May Day'' there would be no luck in it.
    They also believed that if a person sold anything on ''May Day'' that the fairies would come and bring things out of the house. People believe that ''Spy Wednesday'' is a very unlucky day. They would not work at their crops on this day. They say that any crop that would be worked at on that day would be afterwards.
    Received from, Thomas McGovern,
    Ardvaugh.
    Maura Dolan, Tullytiernan
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullytiernan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardvagh, Co. Cavan