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School: Ballycreen, Aughrim

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Ballycreen Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Nóra Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 054

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  1. Weather-Signs (continued)

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    (col) cold in the north. When smoke is coming straight, out of a chimney fine weather is expected.
    When a crane is going down a river it is a sign of rain, and when a crane goes up a river fine weather is supposed to come. Goats come home when a storm is expected and sheep keep low in the hills Also insects come up on the top of the ground
    Old people complain of their pains and aches when a storm is expected. They say that they get worse.
    Told by
    John O'Hara
    Birch Hall
    Aughrim
    Co. Wicklow
    Age - 60 years
    Written by
    Eddie O'Byrne
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie O' Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John O' Hara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow