School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 253
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- "Filling and Clearing" is an expression in this locality, and is applied to showery weather, when sky clears for a while and then "fills up" again as clouds come on and rain falls.
"Ag Fluichadh a's ag Chearradh is an expression that Mr. J. D. Sheahan N.T., Monaparson, heard from an old woman of 90 years named Siobhán a' tSagairt of Ballingeary. It refers to expression "filling and clearing." Denotes showery weather.
- "All to one side like the town of Fermoy", is another expression of this locality.
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- Collector
- Donal Archdeacon
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Informant
- Mrs H. O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Drommahane, Co. Cork
