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School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre

Location:
Graignagower, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhíomasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 164

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  3. XML “Old Trades”
  4. XML “Certain Days”

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  1. Old Trades (continued)

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  2. Certain Days

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    It is lucky to go into a new house on Friday. People do not like to pay out money on a Monday for they would be paying it out for the week.
    People do not like digging a grave on a Monday. It is unlucky to cut a person's hair on a Monday. To wash you hands in the dew of the grass any morning in the month of May it would cure wharts.
    Most people would like to have their potatoes sown before the first of April and to have their cabbage sown before St. Patrick's day.
    The name of a certain
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