School: Newtown (roll number 3275)

Location:
Creevagh, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conbháidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 271

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    Signs of fine weather:
    If there is an eclipse of the moon or sun in good weather, that weather will continue.
    If a sound is heard clearly from the north.
    When smoke goes up straight.
    A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning: a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.
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  2. There lived in this parish a man named John Reilly. He used to follow the Meath hounds not on a horse but running after them.
    At Bellewstown Co Meath about eighteen miles from this parish, there used to be three days' hunting. Reilly would run to to Bellewstown to the hunt and come home at night every day. He was able to keep up with the horses and he would always be there for the kill. He used to be called the Runner Reilly
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. pearsana stairiúla (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Courtney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bigstown, Co. na Mí
    Collector
    Patrick Courtney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bigstown, Co. na Mí
    Informant
    Mr Peter Courtney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bigstown, Co. na Mí