School: Cill Tulaigh (roll number 15166)
- Location:
- Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Seasnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0431
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- 1. If you see a cat scraping wood there would be wind.
2. If you saw a blue light in the fire there would be rain.
3. If the sun went down red there would be good weather.
4. If you heard the crickets chirping there would be bad weather.
5. If the new moon was on its back there would be bad weather.
6. When the seagulls come inland from the seashore there would be wind.
7. If you saw a dog eating grass there would be rain.
8. If you saw the crows diving there would be rain.
- Collector
- John Collins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Cummins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
