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1. The Battle of Drumbanagher (continued)

   

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   and lots of the were drowned so very few escaped as the were surrounded on all sides and it is said the river ran red with blood. I heard this from my father Kenneth P Kennedy. Brigid Kennedy Emyvale

   Drumbanagher Fort is beside the Village of Glaslough Parish of Donagh

   

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2. Omens

   

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   The old people believed in Omens the believed that if you broke a mirror it was back luck or it was unlucky to throw dish water after sunset or it is unlucky throw out ashes after sunset or it is unlucky to see a pigeon by itself or it is unlucky to meet a red haired woman or man on the road or it was if you see one magpie by itself is for sorrow two for joy and three for a wedding or if she met a weasel it was bad luck or it is good luck to dream of death or it is a sign of death to drop a comb or if you drop a spoon or to a sign of a traitor it considered lucky to set first water from the spring well on May morning it is unlucky

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Emyvale, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Annie Kennedy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Emyvale, Co. Monaghan