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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0971, Page 008

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    “There are many superstitions about luck and unlucky days.”

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    There are many superstitions about luck and unlucky days. Wednesday is said to be the luckiest day for weddings. Most people get married on that day because there is a superstition as follows: Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    Saturday the worst day of all.
    It is also said that the thirteenth of each month is an unlucky day. No one goes to a new house or sets up in a shop on that day.
    Saturday is also said to be an unlucky day for going
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    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
    Maureen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drummany (Pleydell), Co. Cavan