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School: Baile na Cille, Roscrea (roll number 10350)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
F. Bergin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 076

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    Rain = Swallows flying low
    Fine Weather = Smoke raising straight from a chimney
    Thunder - very warm day
    Bad Weather = Soot falling
    Fine day = fog in the morning
    Frost = Sulphur colour in the fire at night
    Rain = Dog eating grass
    Dry weather = Springs now
    Storm = Great part of the sky red at night.
    Rain = Star falling
    Fine day = wind in the morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Pintown, Co. Tipperary