School: Templeglantine (B.) (roll number 2359)

Location:
Templeglentan, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Maitiú Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0492, Page 101

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  1. People say that when the sky is red to the west at night that it is a sign of wind and if the sky is read to the east in the morning that it is a sure sign of rain.
    If he dog is eating bones he will leave them and eat grass. The cat will go to the fire and sit down and the frog changes her colour and turns black. The flies that have been flying high all day come down very low and swallows follow them.
    Through the clear streams
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Éamonn Ó Laochdha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Leahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick