School: Báinseach, Cill Chaoi (roll number 11714)

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   When the cat turns his back to the fire it is a sign of rain. When soot falls down it is a sign of rain. A bow around the sun is a sign of rain. When the flies fly around the lamp when it is lighting it is a sign of rain. When the crickets jump up the walls it is a sign of rain. When the win whistles through the keyhole it is a sign of rain. When the wild geese fly from the north its is a sign of rain.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eily Killeen

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs C. Killeen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   55

   Address

   Newtown West, Co. Clare

2. Aimsir

   

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   If you would see the far away mountains from you very clearly it is the sign of bad weather.
   if a cat scrapes timber it is the sign of a storm.
   If you hear a cricket chirping beside the fire it is a sign of frost.
   When the hens stay in the cabin all day it is a sign of snow.

   

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