School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
- Location:
- Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 510
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
- XML Page 510
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“Long ago people thought that your married life depended on the day you were married. ...”
Long ago people thought that your married life depended on the day you were married.
The rhyme goes:-
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday, the best day of all
Thursday for losses
Friday for crosses
Saturday is no day at all."
It was considered lucky to be born in February or October.
Monday's birth is fair of face
Tuesday's birth is full of grace
Wednesday's birth is full of woe
Thursday's birth have far to go
Friday's birth is loving and giving
Saturday's birth work hard for a living
Sunday's birth is luck, bonny wise and good"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eilís Bruen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cleen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mamie Bruen
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female