Signs of the Weather in This District Shown by the Birds

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John O' Reilly, Peggy O' Reilly

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Churning

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Homemade Toys

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Games Played

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“Crocinalish on the river Mattock is a raised mound where music was heard and on the first of May at nine o' clock in the evening is supposed a small girl dressed in black and a white bandage round her neck and her mouth open from ear to ear is seen.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“It was a custom when the bride and bridegroom came to the gate of their home to hand him a five naggin bottle of whiskey from which he drank a drop, then handing it to the bride, after that the bridegroom, taking the bottle threw it against the peer of th”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“A hedge schoolmaster taught at Mosycon at Strinagh.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“For a cold they boiled garlic or flaxeed and it was taken hot.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“The blackbird is black with a yellow beak, lays eggs of a skyblue colour, about four or five, and these eggs are sprinkled with little brown dots and, it builds its nest in a hawthorn bush.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“When a person hears the bells and trains in the South its a sign of bad weather.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“Doctor Patrick Lyons Bishop of Kilmore first saw the light of day in Belpatrick two miles from Collon, but in Collon parish.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“There was once and is still a carpenter in Collon, who was anxious to be also a farmer.”

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Local Industries

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Festival Customs

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Local Tailors

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Local Churches and Towers

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Peggy O' Reilly

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Proverbs

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Peggy O' Reilly

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“About 100 years ago there lived a woman in Kingscourt...”

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James Byrne, Peggy O' Reilly

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