School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)
- Location:
- Lenamore, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 117
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- (continued from previous page)The cattle in the fields when it is going to rain stay under bushes and trees. The swine in their houses are snorting uneasely.
In summer when the sun sets red it is a sign of good weather, and when it sets red in winter it is a sign of frost.
When the (sky) clouds are red it is a sign of rain.
When we are going to have rain spiders creep forth from their webs, the clocks creep out from their holes in the walls and creep about the floor.
Old people who suffer from pains feel them when there is going to be rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Matt Carthy
- Gender
- Male
