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School: Árd-chill

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Ardkill More, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Chonalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 247

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0978, Page 247

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    a jockey; spades or ploughs appearing indicate that he is to live on a farm; guns, of course, fore-tell soldiering, and ships exile, and so on.
    Pieces of lead continue to be melted and poured through for each of the assembled company, and I myself have seen most varied and amusing shapes appear.
    Girls are as interested as boys. Rings appear somtimes and fore-tell marriage; domestic utensils appearing indicate a life of house-keeping and so on.
    When all have thus glimpsed the future the key or ring is placed with its owner as quietly as it was taken away.
    Annie Conlon
    Drumnalara
    Ballinagh
    Cavan
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnalaragh, Co. Cavan