School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 270
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- If a man on his way to a fair, with something to sell, meets a red haired woman on the road, he would sooner return home, because he expects ill-luck.
- It is said that it is unlucky for a poor old woman to visit a house after a person dying in it.
- Collector
- Thomas Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corranure, Co. an Chabháin
- About one hundred years ago a man named Patrick Brady, lived in the townland of Castletara. He was better known as "Paddy the poet", because he made great songs, and poems.
He made such great songs,(continues on next page)
