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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
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Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 391

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    On a calm evening the people around here can hear the train in Newbridge and they say "When you hear the train it is the sign of rain". When you see a star falling you should wish. When the ducks quack loudly it is a sign of rain. If you kill a hairy maggot it will rain.
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