School: Willistown, Dunleer (roll number 7597)
- Location:
- Willistown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 159
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- (continued from previous page)When a member of the Byrne family (Tullydonnell) is about to die a hare comes to the house. McCabes (Mount Doyle) are forewarned by the arrival of a pigeon.You should not clean out a stable after sunset.
You should not walk across a plough except you were a ploughman.
When you cease working in the evening you should never leave the plough facing north.
You should never hit a beast with a branch of elder.
If you are going on a journey & forgot anything, you must not return for it.
