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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

Location:
Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 089

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    the chimney and see what way it is blowing. If it is going up straight in the air they wait and if it goes on towards South-West they know that the day will be good and they are not afraid to shake out the hay. When we are raking the fire at night and if we see various colours in the ashes we know we are going to have a storm.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Davis
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leekfield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr. Mulligan
    Occupation
    Múinteoir