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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
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Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 334

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  1. Weather-Lore

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    James Murray
    Gender
    Male

  2. Weather-Lore

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    When a horse stands with his tail to the bush it is a sign of bad weather.
    When the robin stands on a high branch, good weather is coming.
    When the curlews whistle, tis a sign of rain.
    When frogs are yellow, tis a sign of good weather.
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