School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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“Once upon a time a man was coming home from a fair.”
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“If the water in the well is hot it is a sign of rain.”
If the water in the well is hot it is the sign of rain. Sheep's wool in the sky is the sign of rain.
Dock-leaf is given to pigs.
Lambs quarter & foxtail grow on poor soil. (no title)
“A soldier was coming home from Lowtown on a horse.”
A soldier was coming from Lowtown on a horse. At Derrymullen bridge the horse shied & jumped into the canal. One night Mr. Carroll was going home & he saw the soldier standing under Derrymullen bridge. People came then & buried the body in Carroll's furze. His own people came later on & took the body away.