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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   black. The mountains appear to come nearer, and they also appear black. The insects give signs also. The crane flys very low, when the rain is coming. The curlew or 'pilbín starts to cry and flys about the moorland.

   

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   Once upon a time, there lived a man who was very fond of shooting. One day, he went out and shot a crow, and he said to himself that he would like to get a wife with hair as black as the raven's feathers, with cheeks as red as the reddest blood, and with skin as white as the whitest snow. He looked round and saw a little red man, and told him that he was

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   Folktales index

   AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Tobin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Ros Comáin

   Informant

   Martin Tobin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   54

   Address

   Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, Co. Ros Comáin