School: Killeevan (roll number 14150)
- Location:
- Killeevan Glebe, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Beggs
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 304
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- (continued from previous page)9. We often hear old people saying, "a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight and a rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning."
10. When we hear the crickets sing sharply it is going to rain.
11. The dog eats grass before it rains.
12. When we see the smoke going up straight we are going to have good weather.
13. When the tables and chairs creak it is a sign of rain.
14. The pigs begin to growl before rain.
15. When bats fly about at night good weather is coming.
16. The peacock cries when there is rain coming.
17. The cranes cry in the bog before rain.
18. A large crop of haws is a sign of a cold Winter.
19. When the midges are biting it is a sign of rain.
20. Clouds in the sky like goat's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Crawford
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Killycoonagh, Co. Monaghan
