School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)
- Location:
- Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr Augustine
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- grass; the soot falls down the chimney, the cat sits with her back to the fire and the cow grazes busily.
Patty Ward,
Grange Abbey,
Raheny,
I got this account from Mr Ward,
Grange Abbey,
Raheny.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cenice Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Upper Cecil Street, Co. Limerick
- (continued from previous page)Weather Lore
The local belief is, if a farmer has an extra yield in all his crops it is a sure sign we will have a severe Winter.
When the sky is a(l) clear blue and the sun is shining brightly and the wind is calm it means the weather is settled. The sun has differnt colours according to the weather. If it appears yeallow and dull with heavy clouds near the earth it means wet weather. When
