School: Achadh Bolg (roll number 3588)
- Location:
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 417
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- (continued from previous page)a pot and boiled them for an hour. Then she got a basket or a "schoig" as it was then called and put it on the doorstep and strained her tea through it. She kept the leaves as she thought those were the right thing to use. She tried to eat it then but she said it was not a bit nice and that she would go back to the potatoes and salt.
- There are many signs which can be observed which may indicate good or bad weather. Some of these can be seen in the sky. For instance when it is going to rain we notice the clouds getting black. An early morning fog is a sign of great heat during the day. When there is a halo around around the moon it is a sign of rain. The stars are almost invisible when it is going to rain. When a rainbow appears in the sky it is a sign that it is going to rain. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs D. Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghabullogue, Co. Cork
