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School: Levitstown, Mageney

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Levitstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Elizabeth Hearns
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  1. Local Weather Beliefs

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    The following are some signs of bad weather.
    (a) Cold North wind.
    (b) Swallows flying low.
    (c) A cat turning her back to the fire.
    (d) When salt gets wet.
    (e) When the hills appear near.
    (f) When hens pick their feathers.
    (g) When the fog goes up on the mountains.
    (h) A circle around the moon.
    (i) A dullness in the sky.
    Kathleen Ward. 14-7-1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Ward
    Gender
    Female