School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

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1. Folk-Tales (continued)

   

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   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

   

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2. Superstitions

   

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   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.

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