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School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)

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Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs O' Reilly
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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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    fine weather.
    It is a sign of fine weather when frogs change from black to bright yellow

    It is believed by old people that if there is a piece of blue the size of a Cobbler's Praiscín to be seen in the sky on a wet day, it is a sign that it will clear up.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilrush Lower, Co. Westmeath