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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

Location:
Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 417

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    1. When a lot of birds gather in a flock in a field, it is a sign of a storm.
    2. When a lot of cats go together on a stack of oats and if there came a storm, the people would say, it was the cats that brought the storm, and would not let those cats in for the whole day. If they could lay hold of these same cats they would punish them "for bringing on the storm". I have heard of one poor cat that was put under a pot for the whole day, and when the pot was lifted off him in the evening, the poor cat was nearly smothered. To punish him more "for bringing on the storm" he was put up in the air with a kick, and was told that after
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kate Healy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmacshane, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmacshane, Co. Mayo