School: An Choill Mhór
- Location:
- Cuilmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Frainc de Paor
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If you have money in your pocket when you hear the cuckoo it is a sign that you will be rich for the whole year. - Collector
- Frainc de Paor
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Fadden
- Relation
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- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- A pig can see the East wind and on the day it blows he will not go out.
- If a cat in the house during a thunderstorm he must be put out.
A looking glass must be covered.