School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)
- Location:
- Caisleán Ó Liatháin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 074
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- May night is the most unlucky night of the year to be out late.
It is sure that you would go to heaven if you died on a Good Friday and were buried on Easter Sunday.
- Collector
- John Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Páirc na bhFianna, Co. Chorcaí
- Friday is the luckiest day to go into a new house.
It is not lucky to cut your nails on a Friday. - Collector
- Peter Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Páirc na bhFianna, Co. Chorcaí
- Thursday is the luckiest day to get married.
It is unlucky to knit on a Sunday.
It is a sign of bad luck to get sick in the month of May. - Collector
- Michael Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Caisleán Ó Liatháin, Co. Chorcaí
- It is not lucky to sneeze on a Friday.
Saturday is an unlucky day to be born.
It is lucky to be born on a Sunday. - Collector
- Thomas Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Ghráinseach, Co. Chorcaí
