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School: Drumcrave

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Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
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Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 266

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    It is said that if you get married on a Saturday you will have bad luck for seven years, and if you get married on a Friday, or on a Wednesday you will have good luck till you die.
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  2. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Saturday is considered an unlucky day for beginning any work, especially changing from one house to another because, "Saturday's flitting is counted a short (a short) sitting." But some people count it a lucky day for setting hens, because God made the birds on Saturday.
    There is a certain cure for a hack in a cow's foot, which is made on Mondays and Thursdays, and also
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Young
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan