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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 138

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    of them all is the following. At nine o'clock in the morning if you look at Sliab League mountain near Killybegs in Co. Donegal and see a cloud or a mist on the top of it, rain is sure to fall at twelve o'clock that day. If Sliab League is clear at nine o'clock that morning it is a sure sign that there will be no rain.
    On a bright sunny day if the houses east of Killybegs can be seen plainly it is a sure sign that the next day will be bad but, if the houses cannot be seen the next day is sure to be good.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteendarragh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Pat Mc Sharry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Sracummer, Co. Leitrim