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Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 049

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    The people of the district believe in dreams. To dream of flowers is for good news, to dream of fire is for quick new, to dream that you see fresh clay you will hear of a death. To dream of a death denotes a marriage and to dream of a marriage denotes the birth of a child. There was a woman in the locality who dream't she saw a man being killed and a few days after, a man in the district attempted to commit suicide. There are several people in the district who can tell fortunes, Mrs Jhonny Clarke,
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Mc Cann
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Terence Mc Cann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumnatread, Co. Cavan