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School: Athlone (Mixed) (roll number 16092)

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Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Hunter
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0748, Page 051

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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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    the weather is hot and stuffy, and the sky is a greyish colour.
    A pig carries straw or hay in its mouth when there is going to be a storm.
    A cat stays at the fire when a storm is coming.
    If the cuckoo lights on a tree without leaves people say it will be bad year for growing crops.
    A year when the sloes are plentiful will be a bad year, and when the haws are plentiful it will be a good year.
    When the fog rises it is going to be fine, when it falls there is to be rain.
    Mrs A. Johnson, Garrycastle
    Mrs Smith, Northgate St.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs A. Johnson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garrycastle, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athlone, Co. Westmeath