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School: Slane (B.) (roll number 4851)

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Baile Shláine, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cuánaigh
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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Lane
    Gender
    Male

  2. The Lore of Certain Days

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    People say that it is unlucky to go from one house to another on a Saturday. There is an old saying and people like to go by it and it is "Saturdays flitting in short sitting." For that reason people do not leave a house on Saturday. There is a rhyme about getting married on certain days and here it is, Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for
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