School: Cloncovid
- Location:
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Savage
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 109
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- (continued from previous page)the fire and the dog eats grass there is rain expected.
When the sun "goes down" red it signifies a good day on the following day, and when there is a mist on a mountain it signifies rain. Shadows in the lake in the evenings is a sign of rain and a blue blaze is a sign of rain and storm.
When the swallows fly high good weather is expected. Crickets chirrping and clocks creeping on the road is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Rita Briody
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bernard Briody
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Toome, Co. Longford
