School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)
- Location:
- Muileann na Cille, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 017
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- When there are mackerel clouds in the sky it is the sign of rain.
If you see a star shooting towards any of the four points it is a sign that the wind will be blowing from that point next day.
When there is a circle round the moon it is a sign of a storm.
When you see the wild geese going North it is a sign of a storm, and when they go towards the South it is a sign of rain. If they go towards the East it is a sign of soft weather and when they go towards the West it is a sign of hard weather.
If you hear the curlew or the seagull bawling it is the sign of rain.
When Tory Hill is capped it is a sign of rain.
When there is a fog in Mullinakill(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Lawless
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Chineá, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Collector
- Johanna Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gleann an Phíopa, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Collector
- Johanna O' Keefe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Muileann na Cille, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Collector
- Peter Lawless
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Uí Chineá, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Collector
- Stasia Conway
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gleann an Phíopa, Co. Chill Chainnigh
