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School: Creewood (roll number 5331)

Location:
Creewood, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Chearnacháin
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    Weather Lore
    When we see a circle around the moon people say that it is a sign of a storm.
    The farther the circle the nearer the storm.
    When there is a new moon on a Saturday it is supposed to be a bad moon.
    Saturday's moon is a month too soon.
    A fog in hollow is a good day to morrow and a fog on the hill brings
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Gargan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Creewood, Co. Meath