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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 245

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  1. Sayings of the Seasons

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    July
    He who bathes in May
    Will soon be laid in clay
    He who bathes in June
    Will sing a merry tune
    He who bathes in July
    Will dance like a fly
    A shower in July is worth a plough of oxen
    A dry summer never begs its bread
    Swithins Days (15th July) if thou dost rain.
    Forty days it will remain
    Swithins Day if thou be fair
    Forty days 'twill rain nae mair
    August
    August needs the dew as much as men need bread.
    After Lammas corn ripens as much by night as by day.
    A thick fog on an August morning betokens rain.
    All the tears St. Swithen can cry,
    Saint Bartholomew's mantle wipes dry.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Fortune
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford