School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

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   farm animals go to the shelter if they notice any change in the weather. If there is a blue flame in the fire it is a sign of rain.

   This is a little verse about the weather.
   "Ceó ar Muisre, 's Clárach lom,
   Cómartha soininne is féarr ar domhan."

   

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   The old people had no weather cooks had a lots of ways of telling whether the day was going to be fine, wet, or stormy. If they saw cattle lying down in a field, they knew the day was going to be wet, because the cattle wanted a dry place to lie on when it rained. If they saw curlew flying towards the sea, they would say there would be storms inland, and if they saw the curlew flying inland they knew that there would be stormy weather on the coast. If they heard a woodcock or

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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   James O' Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Miss Margaret Nagle

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kanturk, Co. Cork