School: St Davaddog's, Tamney

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 453

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  1. If you put on one stocking and one shoe and then lace the shoes before you put on the other it is said to bring Columcille's curse.

    He also said that the rock at the Hawks nest would fall on three fair haired men from Fanad.

    He said when he saw the cars drawn by horses that there would be cars travelling without horses.

    He said that there would never be a rat in Fanad unless a certain stone on Knockalla would be moved. It was moved and that night Fanad was full of rats.

    He said there would be people flying in the air.

    He said that the Danes would land in Portsalon and there would be a fight on Carrablagh hill.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. saints
          1. Colm Cille (~265)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Carr
    Gender
    Female