School: Killough (roll number 9540)
- Location:
- Cill Uailleach, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Mary Lynch
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 304
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Killough
- XML Page 304
- XML “A Story”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Some people have a great disgust and dislike to rats. They say that they forebode some disaster or foretell some evil. They are supposed to bring ill-luck. If a person sees one on the road, they are disliked more for the very appearance than for their destructive habits. They often noticed to come in numbers in some places and to disappear quickly. At a cross roads between Bracklyn and Raharney numbers of rats collect and are seen in great droves. It is said they are seen occasionaly going from Raharney to reverdale which is about half mile. It is said where ever they make their appearance a man's death in the district soon follows.
- Collector
- Josephine Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Breaclainn, Co. na hIarmhí
