School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 286
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- (continued from previous page)at you, it seems this man took that effect on her and after a time she took a violent pain and died.
- Long long ago there was a woman washing clothes at a river. And neighbours were saving hay near her. One of the boys came down to the woman to have a chat with her. He stayed too long talking to her and when his father was coming looking for him he hid under a sheet. His father asked the woman did she see him in deed tan I didn't said she and then she got a bucket and kept throwing buckets of water on the sheet while the boy's father was talking to her.
- Collector
- Patrick Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
- A dark sky is a sign of rain, the sun setting pale a sign of rain, the sun setting very red is a sign of fine weather, a (?) moon a sign of rain. Stars sparkling and shooting sign of heavy frost, clouds coming from the west sign of rain,a rainbow in the sky a sign of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edward Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Gortaniddan, Co. Tipperary
