Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

Date
1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0296

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0296

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  1. Weather-lore
    Signs of Good weather
    1. When the frog has on his yellow coat.
    2. When the water-flies are on top of a well or stream
    3. When the swallows fly high
    4. When the hills seem far away
    5. When the train 'sounds' far away
    6. When the water-fall or stream 'sounds' distant
    7. When the fog goes up the hill
    8. When the fog rises from low lying land and spreads out and up gradually.
    9. When the smoke ascends perpendicularly
    10. When the cat forsakes the fire or faces the fire
    11. When the ground splits
    12. When the flags and walls are "bone-dry"
    18. The Sidh-Gaoth - Whirlwind in meadows
    19. Fox barking at night sign of dry weather
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script