School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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- When you meet a magpie it is the sign of bad weather but if you meet five or six magpies it is the sign of good weather.
- Collector
- Kathleen Stokes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Plunket
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- There were no grates and there used to be a fire on the hearth with a hole for a chimney.
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“Every Sunday an old woman used to go gather sticks in a field near her home.”
Every Sunday an old woman used to go gather sticks in a field near her home. So this Sunday as usual, she went out to get sticks. She gathered a great big bundle, but no sooner had she put them on her back, than they were pulled off. She put them(continues on next page)
