School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 203
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- (continued from previous page)If the sky is red in the morning it will rain before night. If a new moon comes in on Saturday it is a sure sign of bad weather. When the wind comes from the south-east it usually rains for twenty four hours. When the crows gather together, and fly low, and make noise it is a sign of storm. When the swallows fly low, when cattle turn their backs to the ditch, when the cats sit with their backs to the fire, when a dog eats grass, or when sheep eat quickly rain is approaching.
- The sky seems to be near the ground, there are 'streamers' from the sun, a bright ring appears round the moon, the clouds are black, the swallows fly low, the cat sits with her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Heffernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Thomas Heffernan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Westmeath
