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School: Lisnabo, Newtownforbes (roll number 15460)

Location:
Lisnabo, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Bhiadhtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0757, Page 077

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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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    When there is a blue light in the fire it is a sign of rain.
    When it is going to snow the blackbirds crouches in the hedge and the robin gets tame.
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  2. Local Heroes

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    There was a man named Mr William Mc Gibney father of the present Mr Mc Gibney of Ballymahon Street Longford carried two twenty stone sacks of oat meal one under each arm up fourteen steps of a ladder and threw them in on a loft at the Market house Longford, for a bet of a quart of whiskey.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Dixon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghareagh, Co. Longford