School: Allenwood

Location:
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 231

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 231

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    hair and til half bricks in the end of it and then they would start. They made a rush at each other, and swing round, hitting each other with the bricks.
    Weather
    There are a lot of signs of weather in the country. When a cat sits with her back to the fire it is the sign of bad weather. In the spring when frogspawn is in the middle of the ditch it is the sign of a good Summer because if the ditch dries up the the frogspawn will still have some water
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  2. There are a lot of signs of weather in the country. When a cat sits with her back to the fire it is the sign of bad weather. In the spring when frogspawn is in the middle of the ditch it is the sign of a good Summer because if the ditch dries up the the frogspawn will still have some water
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marcella Ennis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    P. Cleary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare