School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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- It is said that when the sky is very bright and the stars twinkling it is a sign that it is going to freeze. When the rainbow is east it is a sign of good weather. When it is west it is a sign of bad weather. There is an old saying :- "A rainbow in the morning is the sailor's warning, and a rainbow in the night is the sailor's delight.
When the wind is north it is a sign of dry weather. When it is east it is a sign of cold dry weather. The south west wind brings rain. The wind from the south-east brings most rain.
Birds also foretell the coming weather. When the seagulls fly inland it is a sign of rain. When the swallows fly low is is also a sign of rain.
When the cat scrapes timber it is a sign of rain. When the dog eats grass it is a sign of rain. It is a sign of rain when there is a star near the moon. When there is a circle round the moon it is also a sign of rain.
The sky looks very dark and cloudy(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Moynihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shantullig North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr John Moynihan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Shantullig North, Co. Cork
