School: Kilmacanogue, Bray
- Location:
- Cill Mocheanóg, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Chuinneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 073
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- Signs of rain
When there is a circle round the moon.
When you see a cat scratching any kind of wood.Signs of storms
When the sheep flock down off the mountains.Signs of bad weather
If a cat sits with its back to the fire.
If you see a fog coming off the mountain
If you see insects crawling along the road
- Matthew Flynn who lived in Glencormac was a great mower. He mowed two acres of hay in one day. He would start at nine oclock in the morning until five oclock that evening. He would sharpen his sythe early in the morning and never sharpen it again until night
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- Collector
- Shiela Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cill Mocheanóg, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Informant
- Mrs Brady
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Mocheanóg, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Thomas Butler Kilmacanogue was a great(continues on next page)
