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School: Bun

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Bun, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ní Mhaolghuala
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 118

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    are a man and a woman. The woman puts out the man when it is going to rain. When it is going to be find she comes out herself. That is how the people known when it is going to be wet or be fine. The clouds get dark when hear rain. When the soot falls down the chimneys, they also say it is going to rain. When the rainbow is up they also say it is going
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bun, Co. Offaly