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   cobwebs, or an intense heat in the fire with only as much fire on it usual it indicates rain.
   The sheep change from place to place in flocks when there is a snow storm near at hand. The Long Necked Heron goes up the river before a rain storm to swim down.
   There is an old saying If you see the man in the moon dumping his pails of water that is a bad sign, but if he does not dump the that is a good sign because the water is getting scarce.
   Eliza Jane Gallagher 22nd November 192?
   The story was told to me by my mother Mary Gallagher Magherard Malin

   

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2. A Funny Story

   

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   Once upon a time there were three men training for doctors. When they were fully trained and returning home they went into a hotel for a drink. While they were in a sitting-room of the hotel they were talking. There

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   AT0660: The Three Doctors

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eliza Jane Gallagher

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mary Gallagher

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female