School: An Currach, Lios Uí Chearbhaill, Malla

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   The big arch settled so much whilst knocking away the timbers that the reports of the big chips cracking off the coign stones could be heard a mile away.

   

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2. The Lore of Certain Days

   

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   Any job (of farm work) commenced on Saturday was never finished so that the old people commenced a new job on Friday to get over the difficulty of making a new start on Saturday. In the event of a funeral on Monday (as it was unlucky to open a grave on that day) it was, and is still custom to "redden" the grave on Sunday, that is to dig one sod off the grave so that it could be made next day. Servant boys and girls never go to their places on Mondays as they consider that day unlucky. Also the old people would never care to go on a journey on Monday. They would consider it very unlucky to meet a foxy woman as the first person on the road. They would always turn back as the journey was bound

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