School: Mantua (roll number 2327)

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1. Signs of the Weather (continued)

   

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   walls it is sign of rain
   6) When beetles come into the house at night it is sign of rain
   7) The cat sits on the hearth and washes her ears when rain is coming
   8) The dog is sleepy and eats grass when rain is coming
   9) The donkey and horse stand with their backs to the wind in shelter of a fence when rain is coming
   10) The cattle run from the flies when rain is coming
   11) The distant hills appear near when rain is coming
   12) A cloud on the mountain in the morning is a sign of rain
   13) The daddy long legs comes into the house at night when rain is coming
   14) The dust rising from the road is a sign of rain
   15) the smoke rising perpendicularly from the chimney is a sign of rain.

   

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2. Local Heroes

   

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   A man named John Beirne known as Sean Mor Éadach who lived at Rathallen between Elphin and Boyle was famed for his strength. He was a man of medium height but as broad as two men. An Englishman used come to the market of Frenchpark to buy wool. He was very strong and he used to take two half hundred weights and put a chain through them and sling them over the beam of the scales that stood about nine feet from the ground. There was no man going to the Frenchpark market able

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Michael Cannon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   93

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Kilmacumsy, Co. Roscommon