School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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    will be here before long. When the robin gets bolder and sits outside on the doorstep we can tell well that the snow is coming.
    When the clouds send across the sky before the wind we may expect a storm. When the sky is streaked with different colours, when we see a fiery sunset, when the goats and sheep come down from the hills, and when the cat scrapes with his front paws, we know we are going to have a storm. When the seagulls are seen flying inland and when the wind blows from the west we may expect a storm.
    We may expect frost
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Waldron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo