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School: Áth Eascrach Cuain (roll number 11975/4094)

Location:
Ahascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Annaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0044, Page 0146

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    The people of this locality have many [..] about the weather.
    A man came to my house one night and the cat was scraping at the leg of the table and he said we were going to have rain. I asked him to tell more signs about the weather which I will now mention. If swallows are flying low we are going to have rain. When the frog changes his colour from brown to russet it is the sign of rain. Ducks quacking is the sign of rain. Peacocks crowing it is said we are going to have rain. Variable winds from west to south-west is a great sign of rain. Fire with bluest tints
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patsy Devlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Ahascragh West, Co. Galway