School: Kilmacowen (roll number 14441)
- Location:
- Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Giolla Pheadair
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- (continued from previous page)and all around here admire him for his brave act which will be ever remembered by the people of the locality.
My mother told me this story.
- When a cat sit's with her back to the fire that is the sign of rain. When the midges are out late its also a sign of rain. When storm is approaching you can see a blue blaze in the fire. The dog eating grass is a sign of rain, and also the rainbow in the sky.It is also a sign of rain when the seagulls are out on the land. When the crows dive down out of the sky you know it is the sign of rain. I heard this from my father
- Collector
- Phylis Devaney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bernard Devaney
- Gender
- Male
