School: Moyvoughley (roll number 7249)
- Location:
- Moyvoughly, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0743, Page 112
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- (continued from previous page)crock of gold hidden in the roodery.
James Fallon found a Dane's pipe with a head engraved on the front of it.
There is a rifle and two spears buried at Tom Donlon House anfield.
There is a foreign King buried on Na Casta hill and there a gold crown buried with him.
- To see a clock crossing the floor is the sign of rain.
If we hang a herring in the chimney and if it drips rain is coming
If a cock crows at night it is the sign of death.
When the crows fly high it denotes a storm. A rainbow in the morning denotes a great storm a rainbow at night is a sailors delight.
When the fog goes up is the sign of wet weather.
