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School: Killasnett (roll number 9533)

Location:
Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eoghan Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0192, Page 014

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    We are very often able to fortell the weather by the instinct of the animals;
    cattle that are grazing on a mountain clusterup together in a sheltry spot before a thunder storm.
    When cattle and sheep are saw on the extreme tops of mountains good weather is ex[?]
    When the weather is fine the rooks fly very high and go off very early.
    Then proceeding a great storm, they never go to the mountains but they stay about
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Meehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghfore, Co. Leitrim