School: Glynn (C.) (roll number 4602)
- Location:
- An Gleann, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Giolla Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 364
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- (continued from previous page)Friday is for crosses
And Saturday is no day at all.Marry in May you'll rue the day.
Marry in June your life is all a honeymoon.
Marry while the snow falls fast and true love is sure to last.With regard to moving from one house to another they say
Saturday's flitting makes a short sitting.
It is also unlucky to commence work on Friday such as - ploughing or sowing, building a new house or teaching in a new school.
If you have not your potatoes sowed before Saint Patrick's Day, it is said you might as well not sow them at all.
Another old saying is - it is unlucky to change money on the first day of May, also if you get the first bucket of Spring water on the first morning of May you take the profit off of everyone's milk,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Wheeler
- Gender
- Female
