School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- There are various opinions about the Cross-day of the year. Our family holds St. Brigid's Day and St. Patrick's Day as the Cross-days of the year.
- Collector
- Eamonn Mac Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Patrick Mac Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnabantry, Co. Cavan
- Wednesday and Friday are the two luckiest days in the week. Tuesday and Saturday are the two unluckiest days in the week.
Wednesday and Friday are very lucky days on which to start any important business, such as ploughing or flitting from one house to another. - The people long ago had a lot of customs which they kept such as - They would not dive a nail in Good - Friday. There is not a man or a blacksmith who would put a nail in anything on Good Friday because Our Lord(continues on next page)
