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   Once there were two men bathing in Ballagh Lough. They went to sleep on the banks and they rolled in and were drowned.
   One time there was a family named Runners living in Greagh. There were three sisters and two brothers. They were all well on Sunday and Sunday night one of the sisters took sick and she died before morning. In a couple of days the two brothers died. The others were all right and in a week one of them died. The neighours were afraid to come to the house. Many of them came and nothing happened them. The other sister lived her lone until she was ninety-three years. That happened about thirty years ago.

   

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   One time there was a man named Pat McCarron of Raw. He had two packs of hay, and three stacks of corn in the garden. They were burned in the middle of daylight. It was said it was burned because

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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
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      1. hardship (~1,565)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   15

   Address

   Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   John Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   52

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan