School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 071

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 071

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    7. If a lone cricket sings in a house, someone is going to die
    8. If a picture falls there will be a death in the family
    9. If the two ends of the rain-bow are in the one town-land, there will be a death in the town-land.
    10. Three lights in a room - sign of a death
    11. There is often a cloying smell in a house before a death.
    12. If a corpse is limber, another member of the family will soon follow.
    13. If the grave "sings" (that is, if those covering it, find it hard to raise a mound,) someone of the family will die before long.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English