School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)
- Location:
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr Augustine
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- (continued from previous page)Saint Patrick's bed; at certain times of the year water comes into it. beside the well there is a bush or tree.Maureen Murphy
I got this account from Mrs Murphy,
Moyne Rd,
Baldoyle,
Co. Dublin.Weather Lore
December 1937
- There are many things in my district which foretell the coming weather. When there is a ring around the moon we expect rain and when the moon seems to us to be travelling fast in the sky it is a sing sign of bad weather. When a star is near the moon it is a sign of rain and a red sky in the morning is a sign of wind and rain.
When a seagull rests on a wall or a chimney it is a sign of rain or when a crow flies high it is a sign of bad weather. The east(continues on next page) - Collector
- Margaret Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mrs Walshe
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
