School: Bullán (roll number 13432)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   10. If there was rain coming the knives would get rusty, but not the stainless knives.

   11. If you saw a cat scraping wood there would be wind.

   12. If you saw a blue light in the fire there would be rain.

   13. If the water dried up quickly after a flood there would be more rain.

   Got from: My Uncle Pat, Ballykeerin, Bullaun age 64
   By: Patrick Flannery, same address
   on the 22nd April 1938.

   

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2. A Funny Story

   

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   A Funny Story There once lived a woman who had only one son. Her husband died when her boy was young so she had to take up the job of knitting and spinning to earn some money. When he was old enough to work he went working in a big firm. At the end of a year he got a big ball of silver and it was worth about £50.00. Besides giving it to his mother he said he would travel the world as you could go two or three thousand miles

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   AT1415: Lucky Hans

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Flannery

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballykeeran, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Pat

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   64

   Address

   Ballykeeran, Co. Galway