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School: Latnamard (roll number 16769)

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Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mary Duffy
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    Weather Lore
    Signs of Rain:-
    If the kale (cabbage) rattles in the field.
    If the Plough (stars) is on its head.
    If frogs turn black.
    [If you are hunting & the sky is high you'll have no hunt - also if the backs of your hands become cold you may go home you'll get no hunt either]
    Go to a river & put a peg
    After 10th of January you can hunt another hare
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Phil O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Latnamard, Co. Monaghan