School: Listowel (B.) (roll number 1797)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Brian Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 473
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- (continued from previous page)When the water is dark it's a sign of bad weather.
When the moon sets pale it's a sign of rain.
- When salt is damp it's a sign of rain.
In the morning if we watch the clouds and see all the small portions join on together and make up one large cloud we may be sure of rain that day.
If the small portions vanish and separate from each other it is a sign of fine weather.
In the summertime when the midgets are flying low it is a sign of rain.
When a rheumatic person gets pains it's a sure sign of rain. - When the clouds go fast it's a sign of stormy weather.
Red clouds to the west the weather at its best red clouds to the east as wild as a beast.
If you kill a spider it's a sign of rain.
When the ants are seen on the road it's a sign of bad weather.(continues on next page) - Collector
- P. Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- N. Sullivan
- Gender
- Unknown
