School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 048
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- (continued from previous page)wedding at the house.
If you make a wish while a star is moving your wish will come true.
If you sing before breakfast you'll cry before night.
People also say that a man should never go out of a house smoking because he would bring out the luck.
When a straw is seen people say a visitor comes to a house.
It is said that it is unlucky for a man to build his own house.
- Some time ago there lived a man named Ned Cronical in Butlerswood. When people had old oil barrels empty they would give the barrels to Ned to make two tubs for them. Ned had a lot of work to do because all the people bought a lot of oil. So the people called him "Ned the Cooper".Near Windgap village an old man named(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
