School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)

Location:
Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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    is supposed to follow.
    If the cat is seen scraping the table a storm is supposed to follow.
    If the cat faces the fire fine weather is supposed to follow.
    When the soot falls down bad weather is supposed to come.
    If the smoke is not seen ascending from the engine of the train bad weather is supposed to follow.
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  2. When there is a ring round the sun and when the sun sets in a mass of cloud, rain will soon be here.
    A pale moon brings rain.
    The stars are very bright and the clouds are low and black when rain is coming.
    The south west wind brings much rain.
    A red sky brings bad weather.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Noone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoe, Co. Roscommon