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1. Fairy Forts (continued)

   

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   earth round the one at Coyle's.
   There is a fort in front of the rectory with a ring of trees around it, it is probably of importance for in the rectory garden thee is a king's grave or cromleck.

   

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2. Superstitions

   

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   If a corpse is limber it is a sure sign of another death in that family before long. For a frog to enter a house at night is a sign of an approaching death. To hear the dead or death watch ticking in a house signifies a death. When setting potatoes or oats for a patch to be missed was a sign of a death in the family. In some families to hear the "ban-shee" signified death or to see it. When the dog cries at night the angel of death is at hand. If the lamp falls of the wall at night is a sign of a death.

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