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Weather Lore
Weather Lore
Informant: Unknown
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Collector: Collected as part of The Schools’ Collection, National Folklore Collection, UCD
Date of Recording: 1937/38
Reference:
Hughie O’Hanlon, ‘Hughie the Tacker’ selling oysters in Omeath, 1965 [Michael J. Murphy, National Folklore Collection, UCD]
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Weather Lore
If the reflection in water makes long lights and when seals are seen in Carlingford Lough or if ditches and drains smell stronger than usual or if the old and rheumatic complain of their corns and joints hurting them, all of these are signs of rain.