School: Killoughternane, Borris

Location:
Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 200

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 200

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    (8)
    Movement of fog on Black Stairs down South fine up North . Bad.
    (9)
    Fog on Brandon sure rain.
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    Redness over Scallop Gap (E) in morning rain before night. Hills looking near, and damp floors , are also considerable signs of rain.
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    “St Swithans day”
    If it rains that day it will rain for forty days and night because when Swithan was been buried he had arranged to be buried in one place and his friends would not agree and when about to move his corpse to some other place . It
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Minchin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolnacuppoge, Co. Carlow