School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. Signs of rain: To hear the Clab rouring loudly. This clob is a hole into which the river Fergus tumbles, and flows underground for half a mile. It is in the townland of Cahermacon.

    Collected by: – Nora Ní Chasadaigh, Ballycashen
    Told by: – Tomás Ó Casadaigh, Ballycashen (her father)
    (60 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Signs of rain: The wild geese descend from the north. The starlings come on the housetops. Yellow ashes.

    Collected by: - Seosamh Mac Giolla Coisgle Coad
    Told by: – John Costello. Coad (his father)
    (58 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. Signs of a frost: The smoke ascending very straight, a robin perched on the sill of a window.

    Collected by: - Máire Ní Fhógartaigh, Poundtown
    Told by: – Tomás Ó Fógartaigh, Poundtown, (her father)
    (55 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Fhógartaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coad, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Fógartaigh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Coad, Co. Clare
  4. Signs of rain: The sky becomes dark and gloomy; the cattle run from the flies, the frogs are heard croaking in drains and marsh, the West Clare train makes great noise.
    Collected by: - Tadhg Ó Diolúin, Crossard.
    Told by: – Martin Mac Mahon, Crossard, (his grandfather)
    (66 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.