School: Cúl Doire (roll number 8008)
- Location:
- Cúldoire, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Máille
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- (continued from previous page)article. The first of April is the time to sow potatoes. It would be late to sow them after the 15th April.
Signed Kathleen Houlihan
Dated 11-11-'38
- (Told to me by my father, Thomas Ryan (60 yrs) Courspark, to me. Collected in the locality 18"11"38)
Onions should be sown the shortest day of the year, and pulled the longest day.
In marriage
"Monday is for wealth
Tuesday is for health
Wednesday is the best day of all.
Thursday is for losses
Friday is for crosses
And Saturday no day at all"Signed: Daniel Ryan
Dated: 17"11"38 - 18-11 38
Told to me, by my father Patrick. Kinane (49 years) Moher to me Collected in the locality.
One time there was an old cow that was hungry for want of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Anthony Kinane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Mothar, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Patrick Kinane
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- An Mothar, Co. Thiobraid Árann
