School: Currach Chluana (Croughclooney) (roll number 7885)
- Location:
- Curraghcloney, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 049
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- (continued from previous page)Talks about the Weather
of a storm.
If there is red in the East in the evening it is for good weather.
A rainbow in the morning is a sign of broken weather.
When Friday is wet in the morning it will surely remain raining for the whole day.
To hear the crickets chirping loudly is the sign of rain.
The moon dim is a sign of rain.
When the sun rises very red in winter time we are going to have a hard or heavy frost.
If you see the mountains purple in the evening it is the sign of hard weather.
If you hear the wind whistling around the house it is a sign of the day after being wet.
If the evening after a day's rain gets very calm and silent it is a sign of the week after frosty.
If white crows are seen on a newly ploughed field it is a sign of rain and fog.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Thomas Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Knockacoola, Co. Waterford
