School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   flying inland it is the sign of bad weather. When sheep are seen walking down a hill it is the sign of rain. When a dog is seen eating long blades of grass, it is the sign of rain.
   When aunts are seen creeping plentifully on the ground it is the sign of rain.

   

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2. Severe Weather

   

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   In the February of 1897 there was a severe storm. It lasted over twenty four hours. It did big damages, roofs, slates, and chimneys were blown off houses and hundreds of trees were blown down. About fifty six years ago there was a frightful thunder storm. It lasted nearly twenty hours. Some people were killed as their houses fell, and many animals were found dead, In the year 1799

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eamon Cass

   Gender

   Male