School: Killeevan (roll number 14150)
- Location:
- Killeevan Glebe, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Beggs
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 303
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- 1. The cat sits with her back to the fire before it rains.
2. The ducks start to quack before it rains.
3. Old people say when we see a "bruck" round the moon we are going to have storm.
4. When hear old people say when there is very bad weather and then there is a terrible hot day that it is only a "pet" day.
5. Other people say that if Friday starts a good day it ends a good day and if it begins with rain it ends with rain.
6. If the hills seen near to us we are going to have rain and if they seem far away we are going to have good weather.
7. When the goats come home from the mountain we will have rain.
8. Old people's bones ache when it is going to rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Crawford
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Killycoonagh, Co. Monaghan
