School: Currach Saileach (roll number 13800)
- Location:
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Mag Fhloinn
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- If the setting sun is red it is the sign of a fine day on the morrow. If it is coppery or yellow it is surely frost. A very bright sun in the morning in broken weather is the sign that the day will not last. If there are feet that is white rays going from the sun to the earth it is the sign of broken weather. If there is a ring around the moon it is the sign of rain. They say that if the new moon is partly lying on its back it is the sign of broken weather for that quarter of the moon. Glittering stars is the sign of frost. People say that black clouds is the sign of rain, yellow clouds the sign of a storm and white the sign of broken weather.
"a rainbow in the morning is the sailor's warning
A rainbow in the night is the shepherds delight"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Mc Cann
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Curraghsallagh, Co. Roscommon
