School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)

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wild geese flying to the north. 72. If the trees bere their leaves in Autumn it is the sign of a hard winter. 73. To see a lot of stars in the sky at night it is the sign of frost. 74. The old people have a say: The oak before the ash their will be a splash the ash before the oak their will be a soak. 75. If the hare wears a think coat in October we may count on a hard winter. Collected by Chrissie Murray Liskevin Kilskyre Kells Co Meath
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76. If there are not many mushrooms to be got in the Summer that is a sign of a cold, harsh Winter.
77. If it rains on St Swithen's Day it will rain for forty days, and forty nights.
78. If the crows leave their nests at day-break that

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