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School: Cill Átha (roll number 9298)

Location:
Killagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mrs Pender
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0136

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    Weather Love
    Collected by May Clarke, a pupil of Killagh School, from her grandmother, Mrs Clarke, Killaghmore, and from Mrs Regan, Ballymabilla
    Written on 11-1-'38
    Signs of Rain
    1. When the sky seems low down and appears to us in the distance to touch the hilltops
    2. If the moon appears dull and a ring around it
    3. If the clouds are black and move quickly across the sky
    4. A rainbow in the evening
    5. West and South-West winds
    6. If the sun looks hazy and rays down from it
    7. If the cat sits with his back to the fire
    8. When the cricket sings by the fireside
    9. If we see the dog eating grass
    10. If a blue flame appears in the fire
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymabilla, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Clarke
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killagh More, Co. Galway