School: Holy Faith Convent, Newtownmount Kennedy

Location:
Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Sr. Mechtilde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0927, Page 239

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    rooms and stairways and it is there many priests escaped death by hiding there. Lord Rossmore's state coach was in Mount Kennedy until a few weeks go. My mother told me the above
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. The following are a list of our local beliefs with regard to the weather:-
    Bad Weather
    When the cat sits with her back to the fire.
    When the distant hills look nigh.
    When sheep gather together in the centre of the field.
    When the sea gulls fly low.
    When the flames in the fire become a bluish colour.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keeloge Lower, Co. Wicklow