School: Cloch Reó, Iniscarra (roll number 7242)
- Location:
- Cloghroe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Condon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0347, Page 143
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- A rainbow signifies bad weather.
If one in the morning is worse than one in the evening. Another sign of bad weather is a dark and gloomy sky, when crows fly low, when the south west wind blow, when the duck quack loudly and the peacock cry is also a sign of bad weather. When the stars are in the sky it is for fine frosty weather.
- There are several old sayings for bad weather namely when there is a red sky in the morning, when cows cluster together in a field it is the sign of a storm, when curlew shouts and when soot[[h?] falls [down?] the chimney. There are several old sayings for good weather namely a red sky in the evening, when the crows fly high, when smoke goes straight up the chimney.
- There are different old signs for the kind of weather we are(continues on next page)
