School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)64. Early to bed; early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
65.A rainbow in the morning is the sailor's warning. A rainbow at night is the sailor's delight.
- Long ago there was a man and he lived in a castle, and there was a ghost that would come every night about twelve o'clock. The man left the big house and when he was leaving he met a man going in to it and he said : "Are you going to stay in that big castle?" And he said : "No I am only going to see it."
- When the smoke goes up straight it is the sign of rain. When there is a blue blaze in the fire it is the sign of frost. When the sky is red where the sun rises it is the sure sign of a wet day. When the south wind blows it is a sign of rain. When the north wind(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Pat Mc Carvill
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumhillagh, Co. Monaghan
