School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)

Location:
Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 201

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 201

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  1. 41. If a person happens to throw a lighted match on the ground and if the match burns out while on the ground it is a sign of good weather.
    42. When you hear swans roaring while they are swimming it is a sign of frost and storm.
    43. Frogs croak at the approach of rain.
    44. When crows hover about in large flocks it is a sign of bad weather.
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