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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Kathleen Morris
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 188

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    very busy and the midges fly around us and over the water when rain is near Wen the road is covered with flying ants it denotes rain and when the spiders creep from their cobweb it indicates rain The smoke goes up in a straight line when calm weather is at hand. When we see a blue blaze and when the fire burns very brightly it is a sign of rain or frost The soot falls down when rain is near
    Anna Maria Cummins aged 13 and a half yrs I got this information from my grandmother Mrs Boyce aged 67 years who resides at Carrickmacross
    Colehill,
    Mullingar
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Maura Cummins
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 13
    Informant
    Mrs Boyce
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Carrickedmond, Co. Longford