School: Coillte Críotáin
- Location:
- Erris, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 270
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- (continued from previous page)11. A thick fog on an August morning.
12. If the ashes is blue.
13. When the robin sings mournfully.
14. When soot falls down at the fire.
15. When there is a dark fog on the horizon.
16. When the sea-gulls are heard crying it is the sign of storm.
17. When the crane flies low
18. If the sun's rays appear like Moses' horns, or if white at setting or shot of its rays or if the moon looks pale.
19. If the stars are running in the sky at night.
20. If dark clouds overcast(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Tivenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs K. Tivenan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornaglia, Co. Roscommon
