School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 206
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- When it is going to rain, the sky gets very dark and dull. The old people say that when the swallows fly near the ground that it is a sign of rain, but when the swallows fly high in the sky that is a sign of good weather.When half a rainbow is in the sky that is a sign of good weather.The night that it is going to freeze the evening beforehand would be very hard and dry.When the wind is from the North-east it is a sign of fine weather and when the wind is from the South or South-west it is supposed to be for bad weather and storms. When the sky gets dark and cloudy, and when the air gets heavy, it is a sign of wet weather. When the cat turns his back to the fire it is a sign of snow, and when the dog eats grass(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reaboy, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Denis Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Reaboy, Co. Kerry
