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School: An Cnoc (B.) (roll number 16122)

Location:
Knock, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0108, Page 284

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    One of the sayings the old people had about the weather as "Long fair long foul." One of the sings the people had about fine weather was if the wind stayed in the north or if the sun did not go down in a cloud and was red. The way they could tell by the smoke going up from a chemney was if it went up straight they would have fine weather, but if the smoke went toward the north they would have
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloontarriff, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Domnick Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    41
    Address
    Cloontarriff, Co. Mayo