Volume: CBÉ 0190

Date
1936
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 088

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 088

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    Some people say that the City of Bannow wasn't buried at all...

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    drowned. It is called the Grecian reck. Every time before a heavy storm these nine people are heard crying as a warning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. When seals come in it is a sign of very bad weather and when flocks of gulls come in to the land especially pigeon gulls it is a sign of a storm. When a dog or a cat eats grass in the morning rain will come before night, and when the soot falls it is a sure sign of rain. When the cats tear the wood with their claws it is the sign of a storm, or when they bawl and roar.
    Evening red and morning grey
    Two sure signs of wan fine day.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant