School: Baile an Daingin (Ballindaggin) (roll number 15962)
- Location:
- Ballindaggan, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: A. Ó Cruachlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0892, Page 283
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- (continued from previous page)283hours dry.
Storm, The sheep on the mountain come to the bottom.
Seagulls flying inland
Sheep gathering together in a corner of the field is a sign of thunder.
A circle around the moon
The farther the circle the nearer the rain.
When the stars dance in the sky be sure of frost.
When the "scuts" come from the mountain, it is a sign of rain.
- Local heroes
John Forristal kilcullen Ballindaggin Enniscorthy
(from his father John Forristal)
There lived a man named Coady in Ballindaggin. This man was a hero of '98. He shot the redcoats coming down from Scollop gap. One of the men was firing before Coady fired and he missed the shots because his hands were shivering so Coady took thr gun from him, and shot the redcoats dead while the man loaded the gun. This man's name was "Corcoran" who(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Forrestal
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- John Forrestal
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
