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School: Aughrim (C.)

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Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 162

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    it is in the "hard point" and that we will have a cold hard Winter.
    When a noise is heard in the fire it is supposed to fore-tell a storm.
    When the seagulls come inland.
    When the cat sits with her back to the fire.
    Signs of Good Weather
    When smoke rises straight out of a chimney.
    When the ants are seen in great numbers on the roads in Summer.
    When the springs in the ground (open.) dry up.
    Mollie Mason,
    Aughrim,
    Co. Wicklow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
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    Collector
    Mollie Mason
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    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow