School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)
- Location:
- Killinaboy, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 301
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- Máire Ní Choisgle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coad, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Coad, Co. Clare
- Signs of rain – A dog eating grass, a cat with his back to the fire, the ashes turning blue, the wind blowing from Cahaska, the swallows flying near the ground, streams dry up quickly, a rainbow in the morning.Signs of fine weather – A fog in the valleys in the morning, the wind blowing from the north, the robin perches on the top branch of a white thorn bush.The cock crowing after a wet day is a sign of a clearance.Signs of a storm: - The horizon of the sky very red all day, the seagulls come inland.Signs of frost: -The evening very chilly, the sky bright and starry at night.(continues on next page)
