School: Kilmacanogue, Bray

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   the people did not leave the house. After some time this woman's baby took ill and died and shortly after the woman herself took ill and died. Then the husband sold the furniture and left the house.

   It was idle there for a long time. Then it was used as a cattle - shelter and now all that remains of the house is just an old wall around one side of our playground.

   I got this story from my mother.
   Mrs Mooney
   Kilmacanogue
   Bray
   Co Wicklow

   

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   Weather Lore Signs of Rain When the ducks quack loudly When we see the curlews coming from the bogs When the smoke of a chimney is curling downwards When the cat sits with its back to the fire When corns pain Signs of Wind When the sky is red When we see a cat scratching anything made of wood Signs of a storm When the moon has a circle around it, the farther away the circle the nearer the storm, the nearer

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Moira Mooney

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow

   Informant

   Mrs Mooney

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow