School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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- (continued from previous page)He remembered having heard at Finns of Coolanarrig the following stories when a boy
I The black thief of Sloan
II Stealing of Eagles Eggs
III Molls Antony the witch
IV Fairy child
V Fairy funeral
VI Two lumps for one
VII Profits taken
VIII The Croppy Tailor
IX Snich says the Puck - The further the circle from the moon the nearer the storm and vice versa.
When cat sharpens her nails - sign of rain
If you dream of a dead man he is in purgatory
When goats look up in sky - sign of thunder
Goats can see thunder and hear lightening
Horse standing with back to ditch - sign of rain
Unlucky to touch hedgehog with your foot because it brought apples to B.V.
Every thorn on a hedgehog is apple
Hedgehog tooth thorns out of our Lord's head and put them in his own back
If left ear hot someone is abusing you & right vice versa
Unlucky to clean out ashes on Monday morning
If you sew on Sunday you will have to rip out every stitch when you [die?] with your nose.