School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Míleac, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 413
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- (continued from previous page)stick and drove a feather in it to carry the arrow through the air.
I made a boat by getting a piece of timber and paring it to the right shape. I got the poker and reddened it in the fire. I made holes in the timber with it for the masts I rounded three pieces of timber and drove them into the holes. I tied a piece of thread from one mast to the other. Then I got a few laths and tacked them to the sides of the ship
- People say that Monday is a lucky day to start mowing hay or ploughing and that Saturday is a lucky day to go to town
They also say that if you went into a new house on a Friday you would have good luck. If you let a mirror fall you would have seven years bad luck
May is a lucky month to get married.
February is a lucky month to buy calves.
It is considered unlucky to change money on a Monday.
It is lucky to find a horse's shoe on the road. It is a sign of bad luck if(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Duggan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuanach Thoir, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- James Darby
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuanach Thoir, Co. Luimnigh
