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School: Tulach Sheasta, Clochair na Trócaire

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Newport, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr Bertrand
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    to clear up.
    Unusual numbers of pismires and midges indicate a break in the weather. If smoke rises perpendicularly from a chimney, it is a very good sign of the weather. When it leaves the chimney horizontally, or when the soot falls heavily, the weather in the immediate future will be anything but good.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    28
    Address
    Farneigh, Co. Tipperary