School: Béal na Bláth, Maghcromtha (roll number 12458)
- Location:
- Bealnablath, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0340, Page 237
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- When the clouds are going fast, we will have showery weather.
When the sun rises red in the East, it is a good sign of rain: when it sinks red in the west, it is a good sign.
There is a ring around the moon before it rains.
When the rainbow is only half way in the sky, it is a sign of showery weather.
When it is full across the sky, good weather follows.
When the stars come out in the sky, it is the sign of frost.
When the wind is from the southwest, it is the sign of rain, and from the North it is the sign of hard dry weather, and from the East it is a sign of cold wet weather.
When the swallows fly low it is the sign of rain. When the curlews start calling is a sign of rain. Also when the soot falls down is a sign of rain. When the crickets sing is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Maragret Drummy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Bellmount Lower, Co. Cork
