School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

Location:
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. P. Ó Gairbheith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 093

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0853, Page 093

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    said mass there once hid in a great big hole in the ground. This hole is still there, and there is a small iron cross stuck in the ground to mark out this place.
    Mass was said in Mr Cass's barn in Newtown by a priest named Father Walsh.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The following is a list of local believes about the weather.
    A makeral sky foretells us that rain is near. A red sky in the morning is also the sign of rain, and a red sky in the evening is for fine weather.
    When the sun shines out very early in the morning it is the sign of rain, and when it sets late in the evening it is the sign of nice fine weather.
    A dark yellow looking morn
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamon Cass