School: Kyle (An Chill) (roll number 4442)

Location:
Kyle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
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    John Flynn his son and his daughters,
    They struggled right under the plan,
    But the battering ram was in motion,
    And the emergency men were too strong.
    There is a dug out in our cross field and the Irish soldiers were hiding there the time of the Black and Tans. There was Timber and iorn found in it. There is a "Mass Rock" in Ballymokea called Cnuic an Afrinn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 1) When the sun rises every morning it redens the sky all around. If that red goes down to the sea it is a sign of rain.
    2) If the red spreads throughout the sky it is a sign of good weather.

    3) If the birds fly high it is a sign of good weather but a storm will follow.
    4) If the sky is red when the sun goes down it is a sign the next day will be fine and dry.
    5) When the wind blows continually from the west or north west
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Noel Considine
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clasheel, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr E. Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clasheel, Co. Cork