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School: Gleann, Meathus Truim (roll number 12136)

Location:
Glen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 021

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    the weather by hearing it from a wireless or from seeing it in the daily papers but some time ago when wirelesses and news papers were not so common the people knew all about the weather by a lot of different signs of their own. Here are some of these signs. When the sky is red in the morning it is the sign of a good day and when it is red in the evening it is the sign of a bad day.
    Another sign is when a cat sits with her back to the fire it is the sign of a storm and when a cat scrapes wood with her paw it is the sign of rain.
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noellie Kilduff
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