School: Cúirt an tSéafraidh
- Location:
- Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Síthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 062
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- If it is raining when the moon is rising, dry weather is to be expected. It generally rains when the tide is coming. A cold sting is felt in the air before rain.
The soot falls down the spaniel sleeps and spiders from their cobwebs creep, when rain is near. When the shadow of the land is reflected on the sea we will have rain, and when birds fly low we will have rain. A circle round the moon is a sure sign of bad weather. A rainbow in the morning is a shepherds warning, a rainbow in the night is a shepherds delight.
The crickets sing loudly before rain. When the cat sits with her back to the fire it is a sign of cold weather. The wind howls through the key-holes when rain is near.Margaret Whelton, Courtmacsherry
Mrs. Donoghue (storyteller), The Terrace, Courtmacsherry.
- Collector
- Margaret Whelton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Donoghue
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork
