School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)

Location:: Walterstown, Co. Meath
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“When the jackdaws fly up against the wind and fall back, this is the sign of storm.”

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When there are blue or purple blazes in the fire it is a sign of snow. When the sun is like a crow's nest in the clouds, it is a sign of rain. When the wind is from the east, and rain comes with it, it will continue for three days. When the cat sharpens it's claws on a log of timber, it is going to rain. When the sun goes down in a bank of clouds, it will be a wet day to-morrow. GIven by J. O'Kelly G.D. Monktown (50 years) Brownstown, Navan Written by Alphonsus G. O'Kelly, Monktown, Brownstown, Navan (23 November 1937 A.D.)
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“To cure the chin-cough, a boy must go or write to his god-mother (a girl must write or go to her god-father) and get a red string or tape.”

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To sure the chin-cough, a boy must go or write to his god-mother (a girl must write or go to her god-father) and get a red string or tape. The child ties this round it's neck and leaves it there till the cough goes.
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Margaret Powderly, Deerpark, Garlow Cross, Navan.
Written by
Alphonsus G. O'Kelly, Monktown, Brownstown, Navan
(23 November, 1937 A.D.)

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“Peter Cullen, or Cullen the Slater was a slater by trade and he lived about Walterstown somewhere.”

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Peter Cullen, or Cullen the Slater was a slater by trade and he lived about Walterstown somewhere. One day he was crossing from the Decoy (Walterstown Parish, Trim Road) to Tara through Sir John Dillon's Demain

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