School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 197
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- When rain is coming it becomes very cold, and the wind generally blows from the south-east, or the south-west. The sun sets very pale and a large circle appears round the moon the night before. If the sun sets red it is a sign of fine weather.
When the western sky is red and the remaining part grey, or if the stars are shining very brightly, that is a sign of frost.
If any animal stands with its back to a hedge it is a sign of rain.
When the birds fly low rain is approaching and when they fly high it is a sign of good weather, and if you see the seagulls flying inland it is a sure sign of rain.
A dog eats grass when it is about to rain and when the cat scrapes the bark of a tree or stands with her back to the fire it is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Lizzie Heffernan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- John Heffernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
