School: Dunlavin (B.)
- Location:
- Dún Luáin, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Gogáin
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- The people of this district consider some days lucky and other days unlucky.
Some of the lucky days are Wednesdays and Fridays, in proofe of that all the marriages cermonies are formed of Wednesdays. People change from their old houses to new ones on Friday and if they were not able to do so on Friday themselves they would light fires in the new house on Friday night because they believed ghosts occupy the vacant house and the fires would banash them on Friday night.
Another important thing which is carried out on Friday is the letting out of lifestock for the summer.
All people in this district always let out lifestock on a Friday.
- Collector
- John O' Toole
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ráth Salach, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Informant
- Mr J. Casen
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Dún Luáin, Co. Chill Mhantáin
