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School: Edenderry (St Mary's Convent)

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Edenderry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Sr M. Laserian
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    Weather lore
    24. The swine are restless before a storm.
    Signs of fine weather.
    1. If the handle of the plough-star is towards the west.
    2. If the smoke goes perfectly straight from the chimney.
    3. If the swallows fly high.
    4. When the butter-flies are out.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernadette Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumcooly, Co. Offaly