School: An Mhainistir, Cara Droma Ruisc (roll number 14770)
- Location:
- Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Bráthair Eoghan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 104
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- (With) The old people in this country observe peculiar signs in the sky of rain and storm. They old people make us believe many things with regard to the weather.
Some of the local saying are.
When the "Curlews" come whistling past houses and land towards the water, it is a sign of rain.
When the swans fly low or come close to the land it is a sign of storm.
When the seagulls come in numbers and fly round the fields it is a sign of rain and wind.
If the wild-geese are seen leaving the water and(continues on next page)
