School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 482
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- (continued from previous page)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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- Collector
- Lizzie Gaynor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncat, Co. Meath
