School: Cnoc, Abbeyleix (roll number 2324)
- Location:
- Knockardagur, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seán Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 138
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- "The wind from the East is not good for man or beast."
"The wind from the West is at its very best."
"The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow."
"The wind from the South is in the rains mouth."
"February fill the dyke with black or white. If not March will."
"A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning. A rainbow at night is a shepherd's delight."
"The soot falls down the spaniels sleep, and spiders from their cobwebs creep."
"Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in hollows hid her head."
"The boding shepherd heard her sigh for see a rainbow span the sky."
"Evening red and morning gray is a sure sign of a fine day."
"Evening grey and morning red makes a sailor shake his head."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr M. Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
