School: Cnapach (Crappagh) (roll number 7529)
- Location:
- Crappagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Horan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 315
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- If the cuckoo arrives on a bare thorn
you may sell your cow & buy some corn.
(It will be a bad year for crops).A green shake brings a fat church yard.
(If the leaves fall before turning brown or red.)A green Christmas brings a fat-churchyard.
If a corpse is limber it is a sign that another member of the family will die soon.
If a rooster crows after six o'clock in the evening it is the sign of a death in the family.
People believe in wraiths. Some say that they have seen a person outside just at the moment he was dying.
If three heifer calves are born in succession there'll be a death in the family.
If a cow dies, a member of the family will die soon.
When a person dies two other people will die in the same locality
If hatching eggs are set at night all the chickens will be roosters.
If a drill of potatoes is accidentally missed it is a sign of a death in the family.(continues on next page)
