School: Cloghan (B.), Banagher
- Location:
- Cloghan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Francis O' Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 054
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- About half way between Birr in Offaly and Ballingeary in Tipperary there is a hill called Knocksheegowna. When this hill in Tipperary is clearly visible on a bright dry day from the neigbourhood of Cloghan especially from the villages of Galross and Tonemone rain is sure to come.
Wind from Banagher is bad; it brings rain. Banagher wind and Athlone lambs (lambs bought in Athlone) are bad.
There is another hill situated near Kilcormac in Offaly called (-) and in fine weather it is an unfailing sign of coming rain to see the bushes and fences on this hill clearly. It is about (-) miles east from Cloghan.When the clouds look like goats beards rain is denoted. When they look like mares tails wind may be expected.
- Collector
- Bernard Robinson
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Francis O' Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Horan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Tonlemone, Co. Offaly
