School: Ladhar an Chrompáin (roll number 14998)

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1. Hidden Treasure (continued)

   

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   a rail of turf to Rev. Fr. Beasley (RIP) who was then parish priest of Duagh. One day the priest told the servant-girl to bring in a "gabhál" of turf for the fire. He cut a sod to make the turf small and inside he found a Ciborium. He had broken a part of it with the axe. He put the parts into a box and left them in the presbytery. They remained there until Fr. Seanlan came as a curate to Duagh. He sent them away to Dublin and had them put together and the vessel is now in use in Glounthane Church in this district.

   

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2. Weather-Lore

   

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   Weather Lore

   Signs of rain: when the swallow flies low; when the cat turns his back to the fire; when the hills appear near; when the cricket sings; when the soot falls; when there is a puff-down; rainbow , when the wild geese fly low; when the wild geese come from the north; a red sun in the morning, a pale sun in the evening; when the frogs are croaking, when the frog changes his colour from yellow to russet; when the hens are combing their feathers,when you hear the noise of water between you and its source; a halo around the moon; a damp smell from the fences; when the ducks quack louder; when the fly flies near the ground; when the spider leaves

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   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mairín Nic Síthigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloghaneleskirt, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Eamonn Mac Síthigh

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Cloghaneleskirt, Co. Kerry