1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Slane (C.)

School: Slane (C.) (roll number 4852)

Location:
Slane, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Josephine Cooney
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 216

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 216

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Slane (C.)
  2. XML Page 216
  3. XML “Local Happenings”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Happenings

    Share Share Post
    I have heard it said of old that when a cock crows around the hour of midnight it is believed to be a sign of warning that something is going to happen.
    I have heard a real story of how it come true and I will relate it.
    There were two men namely Jemmy Englishby and Matthew Reilly who were two great chums, and every night they used go to spend the night in a neighbouring house about a half a mile off.
    They used always leave the house together. One night they were coming home together and every house they came to they
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Govern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slane, Co. Meath