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School: Tulach Chromán (roll number 1256)

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Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
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    weather Lore.
    Signs of Rain.
    1.Th.A ring around the moon.
    3.The cat sits with her back to the fire.
    Signs of Frost.
    1.A lot of stars shooting in the sky.
    2.A bright patch across the sky which is called The Milky Way-The Aurora Boroe Alis in a northern direction.
    The Winds.
    The North wind brings snow and frost.
    The East wind is a very hard one but brings nothing in particular.
    The South wind is a very soft wind but brings rain.
    An old saying-The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow.
    Signs of Rain-When the peacock cries. -When the frog comes up to the door.
    Signs of Good Weather-The hills seen for far away.The smoke comes straight up from the chimney.
    Signs of Storm-When the sea-gulls fly inland.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leo Magee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Magee
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Tullycroman, Co. Monaghan