School: Doirín na nDamh (roll number 5348)

Location:
Derreenneanav, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0467, Page 315

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    the bride in the last car. When they used to be coming home, the bride and bridegroom used to be in the first car. The night of the wedding, the man's party used to have fish, and the girl's party used to have meat.
    When the supper was over, a party of "straw-boys" used to come in, and they were dressed up in rags, and they used to have "straw hats" on. They used to be dancing and singing in the house all night until morning.
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  2. Signs of fine weather:
    1. A red sunset, and a grey dawn.
    2. A cricket seen going out of the house.
    3. The hills appearing far away.
    4. The wind blowing from the east.
    5. White fog low over the ground.
    6. White fog in Summer.
    7. The swallows flying high.
    8. The wind west during the day and going to the east in the evening.
    9. The Maiden Rock making a roaring noise.
    Signs of bad weather:
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