School: Camphill (B.) (roll number 1347)

Location:
Bleachgreen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Michael Harte
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 095

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  1. 1. When the wind is heard in the keyhole of the door.
    2. When the clouds are black.
    3. When the soot falls down the chimney.
    4. When the spider creeps to his cobweb.
    5. When the spaniels sleep by the fireside.
    6. When the sun goes pale to bed.
    7. When there is a halo round the mood.
    8. When there is a rainbow in the sky in the morning.
    9. When the walls are damp.
    10. When there is a smell from the old ditches.
    11. When the little flower called the pimpernel closes in its leaves.
    12. When the ducks quack loudly.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Largan, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Maria O' Connell
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Largan, Co. Sligo