School: Nurney (roll number 16345)

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1. Signs of Rain (continued)

   

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   Old people with rheumatism feel the pain more. Smoke from the chimney curls downwards. A mackerel sky is the sign of rain

   

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   “Pat O'Beirne of Gurteen carried sixty stone of wheat from end of a long barn to the other and back again...”

   

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   Francis Bohan Nurney (collected from Stephen O'Brien Nurney) Pat O'Beime of Gurteen carried sixty stone of wheat from end of a long barn to the other and back again. He did it for a wager. All the farmers used to cut the turf and one of the pastimes on the bog was to drive down a pointed stick by blows of a turf lane into the top of the bog and then to compete as to who would pull out the stick up with their teeth alone.

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   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Francis Bohan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Nurney, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Stephen O' Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Nurney, Co. Kildare

3. Games

   

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   Games
   No games of hurling or football were played but bowling with metal bowls

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