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School: Kilmacteige (B.) (roll number 15500)

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Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cuirnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0173, Page 201

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    When a cow or any animal or fowl was being buried people always threw a grain of salt in with them because they were meat.
    Nobody was every supposed to see the wind but a sow-pig It is said that the wind is red in colour.
    It is said that a black cat always knows when a big wind is coming.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andy Curneen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Maggie Denegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo