School: Kilmacanogue, Bray
- Location:
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 039
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- (continued from previous page)the people did not leave the house. After some time this woman's baby took ill and died and shortly after the woman herself took ill and died. Then the husband sold the furniture and left the house.It was idle there for a long time. Then it was used as a cattle - shelter and now all that remains of the house is just an old wall around one side of our playground.I got this story from my mother.
Mrs Mooney
Kilmacanogue
Bray
Co Wicklow
- Weather LoreSigns of Rain
When the ducks quack loudly
When we see the curlews coming from the bogs
When the smoke of a chimney is curling downwards
When the cat sits with its back to the fire
When corns painSigns of Wind
When the sky is red
When we see a cat scratching anything made of woodSigns of a storm
When the moon has a circle around it, the farther away the circle the nearer the storm, the nearer(continues on next page) - Collector
- Moira Mooney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs Mooney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
