School: An Gleann, Graiguenamanagh
- Location:
- Glynn, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: P. Ó Flaithbheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 025
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“We hear old people saying a lot of sayings about the weather.”
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“There was a rath in my father's field in Ballynock.”
There was a rath in my father's field in Ballyknock. The rath was beside the road leading to St Mullins. The old people say that it was a queer one, because when ever a funeral would be passing, the people would leave down the corpse at the rath, and say the De profundis. When they would have the prayer said they would have to go into the rath, and dig for half an hour. One day they found a stone cross, and a holy water funt. After a few months it was done away with. At the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridie M. Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballyknock, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Dwyer
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Ballyknock, Co. Carlow