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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   toys in their stocking without the children seeing them. The children thinking all the time that it is Santa Clause that does it, ask their parents when they get up in the morning what did Santa bring me. They then find their stockings and get the toys in them and play with them all day.
   On Whit Sunday or Monday, it is said that if you went down the river that you would be drowned and if you got a cut or a burn or anything like that, that you would never get rid of them.
   On May Day the people put flowers outside the door to keep the fairies away from the house.

   

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2. Weather-Lore

   

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   When cows keep close to the hedge in the field it is the sign of rain. If you see a dark ring around the moon it is a sign of bad weather. If the smoke blows down the chimney it is another sign of bad weather. When the smoke goes up straight it is another sign of good weather. When a cat washes her face it is a sign of rain. When a cat site with her back to the fire. When a dog eats grass or when a cat eats grass. It is

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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seoirse O Keeffe

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs O Keeffe

   Gender

   Female