School: Clochar
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhimsithigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0939, Page 041
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- (continued from previous page)There'll be nothing but sludge and muck. When oak trees bend with snow in January - good crops may be expected. A January Spring is worth nothing. On Candlemas Day throw a candle away. If February brings no rain There'll be neither hay nor grain. A dry March never begsits bread. Marcy many weathers rained and blowed, But March grass never did good. A wet March makes a bad harvest. If apples bloom in March you may search for apples. Every other day from Saint Brigid's Day is fine. Every day from Saint Patrick's Day is fine. On New Year's Day daylight lengthens as far as a cockscrow carries. All the months in the year will curse a fair February.
- Swithin's day if thou be fair forty days it will rain no more.
If a cool August follows a hot July it betokens a hard winter.
When the clouds are low it is a sign of rain.
When the sky is high it is a sign of good weather.
When the sun shines all evening it is a sign(continues on next page) - Collector
- Henry Carlew
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Toome, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Carlew
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Toome, Co. Monaghan
