School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 245
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- (3) As round as an apple,
As deep as a pail,
And it never bawls out
Till its caught by the tail
A bell.(4) How is the middle of a tree compared to a dog's tail?
They are both farthest away from the bark.(5) When is a door not a door?
When it is ajar.
- Collector
- John Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
- Local beliefs with rergard to the weather, no matter what the source, seem to be the same.Signs predicting rain:-(1) A redness over Castlemorris, i.e in the east.
(2) A dull moon
(3) A dog eating grass
(4) Quickly moving clouds
(5) Birds (swallows) flying low.
(6) A ring around the moon
(7) Distant hills appearing near.(continues on next page)
