Monday and Thursday are looked upon as good days to begin work.
Friday is the day for changing from house to house.
The "Cross day" is 1st Feb st. Briget's day. Crosses go up that night. People here like to have the potatoes set in lea-land before 1st April and in fallow or stubble land before middle of April.
1st crop of wheat is set in February.
Turnips are set in May. Turf is cut in this month too.
Days of the Old Cow. There was once a very old Riabach cow. She said that if the month of March were over she would be all right, but 1st April came very bad and the poor old thing died hence 1st April called lá na Riabaighe.
Fógmhar beag na ngaetheadh. When the wheat and oats etc are gathered the geese are let into the stubbles and that is called The Harvest of the geese.