School: Bullán (roll number 13432)

Location:
Bullaun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Muimhneacháin
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Wade
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ben More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mick Wade
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Ben More, Co. Galway
  2. Weather Lore
    Signs of Rain
    When there is a halo round the moon.
    When the sun sets pale.
    When the chairs and the table crack.
    When an old woman's joints are painful.
    When the distant hills are looking nigh.
    When the cat is on the hearth wiping it's whiskers jaws.
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