School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 180
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- (continued from previous page)going home from "Crush" where he had been mowing. Just at "Fairland High Corner" he was attacked by a ghost - an animal, partly a horse - it was an animal of some description. It was spitting fire. Portlan had a scythe in his hand and up on his shoulder and it took him all his time to keep the ghost at bay. The man got away at last
- When a person marries secondly the people round about gives him (or her) a "kittling with horns". This means that the neighbours blow horns around the house of the newly-wed all night. Cow's horns and bottles (of the porter-bottle kind) are used. The bottom is knocked out of the bottles for this use
- The Connellys lived up the "Rock Road". There were three brothers - the Kiddy, the Cock and Paidg The "Kiddy" and the "Cock" would put Paidg up on the ass-dray and draw the dray across the biggest furrows and drains in the field. When Paidg would get a jolt he would cry "O my ribs are broke" Then again he would say Two more one broke" and in the end he would say "They are all broke."
- Collector
- Alphonsus G. O' Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Monktown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Joseph Collins
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farm-worker
- Address
- Monktown, Co. Meath
