School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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    iron. When the air gets heavy and dull. The dog gets affected by it, and becomes sick he eats grass as nature tells him it is the best remedy for his sickness.
    When there is a storm coming the pigs get restless and starts grunting, as if they seen the wind. The sheep know when a snow storm is coming. They all gather in a heap, if there is not much snow they will melt it, and if it is a bad snow storm they might be all covered over with a drift of snow and lost.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathbaun, Co. Mayo