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School: Templeudigan

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Templeludigan, Co. Wexford
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Máire, Bean Mhic Ghearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0901, Page 066

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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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    The South wind is damp and makes the seed flourish
    The North wind is harsh and people ill-humoured.
    This rhyme is general in this locality.
    "Before a storm there comes a calm, when there is a storm coming the fire glows.
    This is a rhyme in connection with rain.
    "Loud quack the ducks the peacocks cry
    The distant hills are looking nigh,
    How restless are the snorting swine,
    The flies disturb the kine,
    ho! o'er the grass the swallow wings,
    The puss on the hearth with velvet paws,
    Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws."
    When the sky is blue and very bright, it is a sign of good weather.
    When the smoke
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lena Furlong
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygalvert, Co. Wexford