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    5 Weather Lore
    1. A cricket flying out through the door in Summer is a sign of rain.
    2. If a swan builds her nest near the the land there will be a wet summer.
    3. When the oak is out in bud before the ash, there will be a wet summer.
    4. The crook wet in the morning is a sign of rain.
    5. When the seagulls are flying west the weather will take up.
    Charley Hales,
    Lahard,
    Killeshandra.
    Material from Micheal Sheridan,
    Drumgerd,
    Killeshandra.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Hales
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lahard, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Micheal Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumgerd, Co. Cavan