School: Newtown (roll number 3275)

Location:
Creevagh, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conbháidh
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  1. Whit Monday: Anyone that is born on Whit Monday is unlucky.
    Saturday is an unluck day for going to a new house for "Saturday's flitting makes short sitting".
    On New Year's Day it is unlucky to throw out water or anything becase you would then be throwing out the luck of the year.
    On the first Monday of the New Year it is considered unlucky to part with money.
    Long ago there was an old cow and she was always cold and she was longing for March to be over till the good weather would come. Then March got offended and said "We will skin this old cow." The cow died on the last day of March and three days were borrowed from April to skin the old cow. These days are called the borrowed days and are considered the coldest days of the year.
    Another old saying is: "A wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay."
    It is never too late to plant potatoes as long as there is not a leaf on the ash tree.
    If the cock crows after six o'clock it is a sign of the next day being wet.
    If a new moon comes on a Saturday the following month will be a bad month
    Candlemas Day throw candle away; St. Patrick's
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