School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 096
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- (continued from previous page)grass; when the cat scrapes wood; when the crows fly high and play tricks in the air; when you hear a cart on a tarred road from a certain distance when stares and crows crowd together; when midges are biting very hard.
- When there is a circle round the sun it is a sign of bad weather. If the sun sets in a ball of fire it is a sign of good weather. If there is a circle round the moon it is a sign of bad weather. When the stars twinkle and when they seem to fall it is a sign of bad weather. When(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Peter Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killadoughran, Co. Westmeath
