School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)

Location:
Mullen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
B. Mac Siúrtáin
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  1. Signs of the weather.
    14-2-1938.
    Some of the old people can tell us when we will have bad weather.
    If the sun sets behind a cloud we will have rain. If there is a circle round the moon we are supposed to have bad weather.
    When we see a rainbow in the sky we generally have bad weather.
    When the wind blows from the north it is the sign of snow.
    If the wind blows from the east we generally have rain.
    We always expect rain when the wind blows from the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Owens
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon