School: Clonlyan
- Location:
- Clonlyon Glebe, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mary Macaulay
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 370
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- Once upon a time my father was going to a wake. going to a wake. He saw a ball of fire coming towards him. He thought it was somebody coming with a lantern but it passed by him and disappeared in to the bog. Kathleen Maleney. Glebe
This story was told to me by My father Martin Maleney
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- Kathleen Maleney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glebe, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Martin Maleney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glebe, Co. Offaly
- Red clouds in the west at sunset foretells fine weather. A pale yellow sunset is a sign of rain. The most certain thing in the weather signs is to see a circle round the moon. The old proverb is often correct- "A shepherd warning a rainbow at night is a shepherd's delight." If the rainbow is in the east(continues on next page)
