School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    On Bartholomew's Day (24th August) take the honey away.
    If a cool August follows a hot July, it betokens a hard winter;
    a warm dry August betokens a snowy winter.
    September
    September blow soft,
    Till fruit be in loft.
    On Saint Matthew's Day (21st September shut up the bee.
    Never eat a blackberry after Michaelmas Day, for the devil spits on them.
    (The meaning, of course, is that blackberries are not good to eat late.

    October
    If the hare wears a thick coat in October, lay in a good store of fuel. October has always twenty one fine days.
    Many hips and haws
    Many frosts and snaws.
    If foxes bark much in October
    they are calling up a great fall of snow.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Fortune
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford