School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)

Location:
Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0519

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  1. 1. About fourteen years ago, a hen came and flew on the half-door to Mrs. Jennings, and crew six times. She got a sod of turf and flung it at her and knocked her down dead. About two days after that, she got word that her son was killed in England.
    2. One night Mrs. Pat Reilly got very ill, and her husband was taking care of her. At about one oclock in the night, a knock came to the window and her husband said, "this is a call for you." About two days afterwards she died.
    3. About nine years ago, Mrs. Mgt. Kyne (Lom) heard the cock crow at twelve oclock on the Twelvth Night. She went out, and the cock crew twelve times after another. Next morning, she got word that her brother, Lom Burke from Glanreevagh, was dead.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Address
    Killamanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Kyne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73