School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 131
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- (continued from previous page)"If the haws are plentiful it's a sign of a hard winter.""It's a good sign to see plenty of haws and a bad sign to see sloes plentiful because there's an old saying
"A haw year, is a breag year
And a sloe year is a woe year"
- 1. When you see your breath, it's a sign of frost.
2. When you hear sounds of trains and cars distinctly it's a sign of frost.
3. When there are cobwebs from one rush to another it's a sign of frost.
4. The fires burn clearer then usual when we're going to have frost.(continues on next page)
