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Mrs Jane Copas, Oliver Crossan

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“About a mile from Dundalk on the Ardee Road there is a place called Cambruicville...”

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Mrs Jane Copas, Oliver Crossan

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“In Dundalk there is a place called "Gallows Hill" because there was a Gallows on it...”

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Mrs Jane Copas, Oliver Crossan

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“If a person has whopping cough he should pass under the stomach of a piebald horse...”

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Mrs J. Copas, Oliver Crossan

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“About the year 1740 a number of priests on the run were passing through the Demesne...”

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Mrs J. Copas, Oliver Crossan

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“About fifty years ago a man names Copas had a cat called Felix.”

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Mrs Copas, Oliver Crossan

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“When wild geese go back to the sea, good weather is coming.”

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John Cooney, Mrs Verdon

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“When a large number of seagulls settle in a field it is a sign that there is bad weather coming.”

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D. Carmody, John Cooney

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“When the majority of a herd of cows lie down in a field, there is going to be rain.”

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J. Smith, John Cooney

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“When a cat turns his tail to the fire in the morning there is going to be rain through the day.”

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John Cooney, John Smith

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“In the country it is considered lucky to be married on a Wednesday...”

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D. Carmody, John Cooney

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“To cure a stye on your eye go into a pigsty three times...”

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Hilda Cooney, John Cooney

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“To cure a whopping cough wear a red ribbon (round your neck) given to you by your godfather or godmother.”

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John Cooney, Mrs Cooney

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“It is said that if you kill a weasel your fowl will be killed.”

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John Cooney, Mr Carmody

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“To cure a whooping cough, eat a piece of bread, butter and sugar given to you by a woman who married a man of the same name.”

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John Cooney, Mrs Cooney

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“If you exterminate crickets from your house you will have bad luck.”

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John Cooney, Mr Carmody

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“There was a man called Sharkey who used to frequent an inn at Bellurgan called "The Blue Anchor".”

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John Cooney, Mr Cooney

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“Here is a rhyme concerning marriages.”

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John Cooney, Mrs Cooney

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“At a place called Fane Valley there is a thatcher called Paddy Biggs...”

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John Cooney, Mr D. Carmody

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Pirate Byrne's Treasure

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Bernard Gaughran, Mrs Gaughran

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