School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)into a new house there are two days regarded as unlucky. They say - Saturday's and Tuesday's flitting is a short sitting.
- If a person has to get the cure of the evil he has to get it made on Mondays and Thursdays. If he got it made on any other day of the week he would not get better. It is very unlucky to throw out water on a New Years day. The people say you are throwing away your luck. It is very unlucky to get married on the thirteenth of any month.
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- Collector
- Myles Duffy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mrs Jack Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
