School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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1. Signs of Rain (continued)

   

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   6. When there is a pale sunset.
   7. When the cricket is singing in the hob.
   8. When the curlew is keening.

   Signs of Frost.

   1. When there is a blue flame in the fire.
   2. When the cat sits by the fire all day and will not move.
   3. When the moon is seen in the sky before 4 o clock in the evening.

   

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2. The Games I Play

   

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   The games I play during the different seasons are:- in Spring, I play at rounders, skipping, top-flogging and hop-scotch. In Summer I play at tennis, swimming, net-fishing for small fish, and I pick mushrooms. In Autumn I play paper-chasing, hunt the hare, and picking blackberries for jam. In Winter it is

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josie Gallagher

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Patrick Gallagher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Navan, Co. Meath