School: Ballycullane
- Location:
- Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 295
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- The Sky: If there was a halo around the moon it would be a sign of the weather.The farther the rain, the nearer the circle, the farther rain.Red clouds in the East at sunset foretell that the rain is going away from us. A yellow sunset foretell fine weather. Red clouds in the West at sunset foretell rain.The Wind: When the from the North would be blowing we would be going to have cold weather.The North wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow
And what will the Robin,
Do then poor thingIf the wind from the South was blowing we would have rain. The West wind foretells a storm. The East wind foretells cool weather.The Birds: When the swallows are flying high the warm strata is in the air. That is a sign of fine weather. When the swallows are flying low it is the sign of rain. The seagulls would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Egan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Boley, Co. Wexford
