School: Ceathramha Chaol (roll number 15834)
- Location:
- Carrowkeel, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 283
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- (continued from previous page)that is the sign of a storm also.
11. When anybody sees the cat sitting with her back to the fire that is the sign of a storm.
12. There is going to be a storm when anybody sees the black birds coming about the door.
13. There is going to be a storm when the curlew starts to whistle.
14. When anybody hears the hens crying.
15. Ducks quak when there is going to be a storm, and they fly also.
16. There is going to be a storm when you see the fire blazing out on the street.
17. When you see soot falling that is the sign of a storm.
18. There is going to be a storm when you see a blue blaze in the fire.
19. The flies disappear before a storm.
20. The wind blows hardest out off the west before a storm(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cabry, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Cabry, Co. Donegal
