School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)
- Location:
- Carrigans, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 38
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- (continued from previous page)the road it is the sign of rain.
When the curlew is heard calling it is the sign of rain.
The crickets sing loudly before rain.
The midges become very active on a summer evening when rain is near.
When the cattle race through the fields on a hot summer day there is rain approaching.
If anyone is troubled with rhumatism he can always tell if rain is coming by the pain becoming greater.(continues on next page)
