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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

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Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 114

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    about three miles from us and when we can see it very plainly people say it is a sign of rain.
    When the smoke acends straight from the chimney and when the wind blows the smoke down the chimney people say it is a sign of rain.
    The bees and the midges are very busy before a storm of rain.
    When we see a brightness in the North in the night some people say
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Gargan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath