School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)

Location:
Walterstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 130

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  1. Weather Signs
    1. When you are going to have very heavy rain, the sky will be as red as fire in the east.
    2. When you see all the sprigs rising we know we are going to have fine weather.
    3. When we are going to have heavy rain there comes a big circle in the sky called a rainbow, it has many colours.
    4. When the smoke goes up straight we will have fine weather and when it goes down we generally have rain.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    There lived between Slanduff and Walterstown in an old thatched house a family called Mulligans.

    There lived between Slanduff and Walterstown in an old thatched house a family called Mulligans. There were all carpenters and they used to work for all the people in the neighbourhood.
    Written by
    Thomas Tuohy
    Walterstown
    Garlow Cross,
    Navan
    Given by
    Patrick Tuohy (farmer)
    Walterstown,
    Garlow Cross
    Navan
    (50 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Tuohy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Walterstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Tuohy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Walterstown, Co. Meath
  3. There was a man named Caudy Maguire and he was a cow-doctor. He used to cure cattle without giving them any medicine. He would order porter for them and would drink the porter himself.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.