School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- When the moon and stars are to be seen in the sky it is a sign of frost.
When the clouds are black it is a sign of rain, and when they are very dark it is a sign of thunder.
A rainbow in the sky is a sign of broken weather.
The wind from the North brings snow.
The wind from Callan brings rain.
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- Collector
- Máire Ní Annracán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mary Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
