School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 379
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- (continued from previous page)it is a sign of rain, but if a rainbow is seen in the evening it is a sign of fine weather.
(40 If the wind comes whistling through the trees that is a sign of a coming storm.
(5) When a Wagtail alights on the ground, it is a sign of rain.
(6) If sheep run to the middle of a field that is a sign of thunder.
(7) If a dog eats grass it is a sign of rain.
(8)If the sky looks pink that is a sign of thunder.
(9) If hills look near and blue, it is a sign of rain.
(10) If smoke goes rightist from the chimney it is a sign of fine weather.
(11) If a cock crows in the evening, that is a sign of fine weather.
(12) When the wind blows from the south that is a sign of a coming storm
(13) If the wind blows from the north that is a sign of snow
I got this information from my mother.
- Collector
- Annie Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Rose Curran
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 41
- Address
- Punchersgrange, Co. Kildare
