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1. Weather-Lore of this Behy More District (continued)

   

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   the twig or the leg of the table we may expect rain.
   (This is general in the essays written)

   

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2. Weather-Lore of this Behy More District

   

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   When you see a lot or midges on a summer's evening it is the sign of rain. When you see the ass or the horse rolling in the field or on the road it is the sign of good weather. When the robin comes to the door it is the sign of snow.

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. seanchas aimsire (~6,442)
   2. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. seanchas áitiúil, dinnseanchas (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ita Meers

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bun Riabh, Co. Mhaigh Eo

3. The Story of the Moy Fishery

   

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   Long ago the salmon in the Moy belonged to the monks of Moyne and Rosserk. The river Moy ran by east Bartragh and into the sea by that direction. Bartragh was not an island at that time. The monks of Moyne being nearest to the sea had the first choice of the salmon. They spread their nets almost all the way across the river thereby catching most of the salmon. The Rosserk monks being jealous of this decided to get their revenge. One dark night they set out in a small boat

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