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School: Loughine, An Sciobairín (roll number 12319)

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Pookeen, Co. Cork
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David Ó Caoimh
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  1. The Signs of Bad and Good Weather (continued)

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    busy before a storm. When you hear the curlew, or when you see them in the fields you can be prepared for bad weather. When the wind is from a westerly direction you will have showers with bright periods and when it blows from a northern direction you will have fine weather. When the wind is from the North West, North, and East and while it remains from any one of those directions plenty of fine weather is at hand.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Taylor
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymacrown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Patrick Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymacrown, Co. Cork