School: Moyrhee, Ruan
- Location:
- Moyree Commons, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Laoise de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 247
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- There are many signs to indicate the kind of weather that is to prevail. I have often heard the neighbours talking, and there usual conversation was about the weather.
The Sky: If the sky is red in the East in the morning it is a sign of rain, and when it is red at sunset it foretells good weather.
Fleecy Clouds: White clouds in the sky are a sign of rain.
Mackeral Sky: When the sky is of a mackeral colour it foretells rain.
Black Clouds: Black clouds also denote rain.
Sun: A copper or yellow sunset foretells rain.
Moon: A halo round the moon is a sign of rain, the nearer it is to the moon the nearer the rain is to us, and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Considine
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Moyree Commons, Co. Clare
