School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)

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1. Weather-Lore

   

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   1. When the chimney "puffs"
   2. The sky red in the evening in Winter time
   3. When a mist comes over the river. 4. When a ring the same colour as the moon is seen round the moon
   5. When the far-away sounds can be heard quite plainly
   6. Stars glittering in the sky at night.
   7. When small frost webs are seen between you and the sun in the evening.
   8. When the sky is red all round the hour.

   Signs of Rain.

   1. When the clouds are a dark India red.
   2. When the sky at sunset is a pale yellow.
   3. When the curlew calls in the evening.

   Signs of Bad Weather.

   1. When the sky is red in the morning.

   Signs of Storm.

   1. When sea birds fly and stay inland
   2. Smoke blowing down the chimney.

   Signs of Good Weather.

   1. A grey sky in the morning.
   2. When a salmoned coloured sun sets in a clear sky and has its outlines sharp in summer.

   Signs of Frost.

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   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Pauline Mullen

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Glen, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   John Mullen

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

2. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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