School: Tamhnach, Inis

Location:
Toonagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Gordún
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    goats up on the walls; the sheep out eating grass; the dog lying outside the house and the cat also; The swallows (p)irching white clouds in the air; the clear sound of bells or trains going through the country
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A dark night is a sign of good weather. When the dust is flying off the road that is a sign of good weather. When we have a mackerel sky that is a sign of good weather.
    The fair of Clare is always wet.
    The fair of Spancilhill is also wet.
    The fair of Gort, 7th November is wet.
    29th of October St Colman's day wet and Garland Sunday also.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Cullinan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygriffy South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    James Cullinan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Ballygriffy South, Co. Clare