School: Tír na Móna (roll number 10441)

Location:
Tirnamona, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Blackburn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 258

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  1. 1. When the soot falls.
    2. When the cat sits with her back to the fire.
    3. When the salt gets wet.
    4. Some stone floors get very damp.
    5. The dogs eat grass.
    6. Clouds are very black.
    7. When the ducks quack.
    8. When distant hills look near.
    9. When the sun rises red early in the morning.
    10. Frog changes his colour.
    11. Seaweed gets wet.
    12. Hedges smell.
    13. A rainbow
    14 When the west winds blow.
    15. When the north east winds blow.
    16. When the smoke falls down.
    17. Old peoples' bones ache.
    18. A far away ring round the moon is the sign of a near at hand storm.
    19. When the clouds look low.
    20. Crows come near the house.
    21. Seagulls come ashore.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Lambe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Annyerk, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Peter Mc Kenna
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Cooldarragh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr R. Mc Clean
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tullaghan, Co. Monaghan