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School: Cúl na Fearna

Location:
Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 331

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    Long ago the old people used to say that if there were many stars in the sky we would have frost
    If a cat sat in front of the fire puling that we would have rain for a few days
    Old people also say that if sut is falling that we would have rain
    If clocks came in on turf we would also have rain
    Whenever they saw the lake
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    J. Browne
    Relation
    Unknown
    Address
    Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo