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School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

Location:
Ballyadams, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 057

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    28. The Curlews calling and flying around.
    29. The stars running along the sky at night
    30. Flashes of sheet lightning at night
    31. An ass standing under a hedge tail to it and head down
    32. The Fowl standing under the eave of the house or under bushes
    33. The frogs turning a dark brown colour
    34. Salt getting damp
    35 Ducks foraging industrionsly and diving their heads towards the ground
    36. Clouds passing quickly across the moon at night
    37. Rays appearing plainly coming from the sun in the daytime
    38 The wind veering around to different points
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamas O Broin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corbally, Co. Laois