School: Arklow Convent
- Location:
- Arklow, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Sr. Brendan
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- A fog on Ballymoyle hill is a sure sign of rain. If anybody has rheumatic pains he knows when it is going to rain because the pains get worse. If a bird is seen without its mate it is a sure sign of rain. When the birds are seen out together there is very fine weather to come.
If you see one magpie out alone it is a sure sign of rain, and that is why one magpie is reckoned unlucky for the cock sits on the eggs while the hen is feeding. If you see two magpies together there is fine weather coming, and that is why two magpies are reckoned lucky.
- Collector
- Helen Hurley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolmore, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr L. Lot
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolmore, Co. Wicklow
- Some years ago there were a few industries in Arklow which have now ceased to exist namely. The Brick-Works, Kynock's Factory, and the Parnell Quarries.The Brick-Works were in Ferrybank near Sea-Bank terrace. The Works gave employment to many people. In the works they used burn clay and turn it into bricks. The clay was got from behind the works and it was(continues on next page)
