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School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)

Location:
Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 168

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  1. Weather-Lore

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    1, In olden times the used have strange ways of knowing what kind of weather they were going to have. According to what I hear from my father and mother here are some of the signs that they believe in.
    2. Rain Signs
    Heavy black clouds. A cat scraping wood
    A cat with her back to the fire.
    A cat eating grass on sunny day.
    The wind whistling through the keyhole. The smoke blowing down.
    Soot falling down
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vincent King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs V. King
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth