School: Na Cloichíní, Carraig Ruacháin (roll number 12676)

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Clogheen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Coisdealbha
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Keating
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Tom Keating
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mount Desert, Co. Cork
  2. When the wind is from the North and a clear blue sky it is a sign of fine weather.
    It is also a sign of fine weather to have the sky be red in the west and to have the sun set red in the evenings.
    When we are going to have wet weather the wind blows from the southwest.
    It is a sign of wet weather when we see a lot of crows and seagulls pitch on a field and flying low and
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