School: Brosna (B.) (roll number 13018)
- Location:
- Brosna, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Aonghus Ó Laochdha
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“On the places where the sod above was dug out the seed was put down”
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(1) The Banshee cries before the death of certain families:-
Curtins, Leahys, OConnors, OCarrols, Murphys.
2) A person is seen in some other place before his death.
e.g. Young Breen was sick and his brother saw him at Dan Geaney's near a reek of turf. The boy disappeared.
3) The black march cock crows from 1 to 3 o'clock a.m.