School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)

Location:
Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 146

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 146

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    go out into the sea there is bad weather, and when they come in there is good weather coming.
    When the wild duck keeps in the dry land there is bad weather. When he swims in the river and fishes there is going to be sunshine.
    When the swan takes shelter in an island in the river there is good weather at hand.
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  2. In the old time when a person had consumption his people used to get shell-snails, and cut them up, and give them to the person to eat.
    In the old times the gizzard of a hen was a cure for a child that had gravel pain.
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