School: Tagoat (roll number 5990)
- Location:
- Tagoat, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Pádraig Coilféir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0879, Page 088
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- Weather Lore
People believe the kind of weather we are going to have according to the signs indicated by the sun, moon, stars , clouds, and wind.A red sunset is a sign that we will have wind next day. When the setting sun throws a copper coloured reflection on the sky it is a sign that thunder will follow.When there is a halo around the moon it is a sign of rain. If the halo is near the moon it is a sign that the storm is far away, but if it is far away from the moon the storm is near. When the moon is in the shape of a crescent and it lies on its back it is a sign of rain. When shooting stars appear in the sky at night it is a sign that it will be raining next day. When the star are sparkling very brightly early in the night it is a sign that frost will follow. When the clouds are low it is a sign that rain will follow, but if they are high it is a sign of fine weather.A rainbow in the morning is a sign of a storm. A rainbow at night is a sign of fine weather. There is an old rhyme which says a rainbow in the morning is the sailors warning. A rainbow at night is a sailors delight.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Doyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drimagh, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- James Lawlor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Hilltown, Co. Wexford
