School: Kilmacanogue, Bray
- Location:
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chuinneáin
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- Signs of rain
When there is a circle round the moon.
When you see a cat scratching any kind of wood.Signs of storms
When the sheep flock down off the mountains.Signs of bad weather
If a cat sits with its back to the fire.
If you see a fog coming off the mountain
If you see insects crawling along the road - Matthew Flynn who lived in Glencormac was a great mower. He mowed two acres of hay in one day. He would start at nine oclock in the morning until five oclock that evening. He would sharpen his sythe early in the morning and never sharpen it again until night
- John Toole of Kilcroney was a great singer. He was invited to houses when he was young to sing. His favourite songs were "Come back to Erin, In the valley where the Blue Birds Sing, O Domnaill Abu, also the Ministrel Boy".
- Collector
- Shiela Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mrs Brady
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow
- Thomas Butler Kilmacanogue was a great(continues on next page)