School: Cill Condae

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   The forth stands in a field consisting of thirty acres, and the field was tilled a few years ago. When the owners were ploughing the field they found a large flat stone but they did not interfere with it. There is an old tale that there is a large pot of gold buried in some part of the field and people say that these farmers had right to remove the stone and perhaps the gold would be found.

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2. Folklore

   

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   The people of this country have many queer beliefs about birds being the omens of good or bad luck. They regard one magpie as a sign of bad luck and two for good luck.
   They say that whatever direction you are facing when you hear the cuckoo for the first time you will go on a long journey in that direction.
   They say also that if the cuckoo is on your right side you will have good luck and if she is on your

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