School: Portleen (roll number 12210)
- Location:
- Portleen, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: (ní thugtar ainm)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 279
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- (continued from previous page)Colmcille said that Portlean would never be without a white horse and it has been true up to the present time.
If you hear a dog dreaming it is said to be the sign of a visitor.
If the rats have a ship before a storm it is said that the ship will be wrecked.
If you see a cat sitting with her back to the fire it is said to be the sign of rai.
It is said that if you hear a donkey braying it is the sign of rain.
- Collector
- Martha Patterson
- Gender
- Female
