School: Muine an Mheadha
- Location:
- Monivea, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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“Long ago when the people used to see the blue lights in the fire they used to say that it was the sign of bad weather...”
Long ago when the people used to see the blue lights in the fire they used to say that it was the sign of bad weather and when they used to see two magpies together that it was the sign of fine weather and when they used to see one magpie that it was the sign of bad weather.
- Collector
- Kathleen Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 96
- Address
- Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway