School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: M. Ní Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 327
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- A rainbow in the evening is the sign of broken weather. A rainbow in the morning is a sign of fair weather. When the sun goes down pale it is a sign of rain. Many other signs of rain are- the walls of house give and floors weep. The ducks quack. In most house soot falls and also the hills look near.The signs for fine weather are, the dew on the grass at night the smoke goes straight and the cocks generally crow on a wet evening.
- Collector
- Maura Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Annie Whelan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ballybrack More, Co. Wicklow
