School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

Location:
Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 377

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    He remembered having heard at Finns of Coolanarrig the following stories when a boy
    I The black thief of Sloan
    II Stealing of Eagles Eggs
    III Molls Antony the witch
    IV Fairy child
    V Fairy funeral
    VI Two lumps for one
    VII Profits taken
    VIII The Croppy Tailor
    IX Snich says the Puck
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The further the circle from the moon the nearer the storm and vice versa.
    When cat sharpens her nails - sign of rain
    If you dream of a dead man he is in purgatory
    When goats look up in sky - sign of thunder
    Goats can see thunder and hear lightening
    Horse standing with back to ditch - sign of rain
    Unlucky to touch hedgehog with your foot because it brought apples to B.V.
    Every thorn on a hedgehog is apple
    Hedgehog tooth thorns out of our Lord's head and put them in his own back
    If left ear hot someone is abusing you & right vice versa
    Unlucky to clean out ashes on Monday morning
    If you sew on Sunday you will have to rip out every stitch when you [die?] with your nose.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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