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School: Cúl Doire (roll number 8008)

Location:
Coolderry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Máille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 016

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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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    the sky it is for fine weather. When the smoke goes up straight it is for fine weather. When the sky is red in the night it is the sign of good weather. When the wild geese go up to the North it is the sign of fine weather.
    Josephine Ryan,
    Gurtkelly,
    Kathleen Maher.
    Pallashill.
    Margaret Ryan
    Course-park.
    Margaret Meagher
    Pallashill.
    Maureen Delaney.
    Pallas.
    Patrick Ryan
    Gortkelly,
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  2. Severe Weather

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    (Told to me by my father Michael Delaney (54 years), Pallas, 15-3-'38
    There was a great storm of wind in the year 1903. Nearly every wood in the country was knocked. And every place you would go, you would see a disabled crow. The widow Butler's
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pallas Upper, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael Delaney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Pallas Upper, Co. Tipperary