School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Cill Dealga, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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- (continued from previous page)Tuesday for wealth.
Wednesday is the best day of all.
Thursday for losses.
Friday for Crosses
And Saturday is no good at all.John Pender.
Told by Mrs. Davis, Moyrath, Kildalkey.
- The Lore of Certain DaysIn this District cures for pains and people are cured on Sundays. Tuesday and Fridays are thought to be unlucky for making graves as ghosts and evil spirits are seen if the graves are made on these days. People generally change from one days ahouse to another on Friday. If a person is paying a bill he pays it on Wednesdays or Saturdays. The "Cross day of the Year" occurs in May and it was a custom to put a scraw on a young foals head if it was born on that day or it was supposed to kill somebody. The potatoes are supposed to be planted around St. Patricks Day. People say that if(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Rispin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Rispin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Dealga, Co. na Mí
