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1. Signs of Death

   

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   1. About three years ago, a knock came to the door one night, and when my mother went up to open it there was nobody there. Next day she got a letter saying that her sister was dead.

   2. About eight years ago, there lived in Curlane, a man by the name of Patrick Thornton. My father was going to Derrymore and he saw a black headless horse, and when he was coming home, the man was dead.

   3. About five years ago, my father went up to Feeragh. He saw two swans flying over a house, and the next day he got word that his second cousin was dead.

   4. Long ago, there did aa strange cat go into a house, he was there a week and they could not put him out, and a man died shortly after in the same house, and the cat went.

   5. They say it is bad to dream of meat. A few weeks ago, my mother was dreaming one night that she was eating meat, and next day she heard that Pat Fahy, Curlane, was dead.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Thady Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Killamanagh, Co. Galway