School: Castlecoote (roll number 6344)
- Location:
- Baile Mhic Oireachtaigh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 265
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- Signs of Rain. and stormy weather.
1. The hens begin to pick their feathers.
2. The cat sits with her back to the fire
3. She scrapes wood e.g. the legs of the table.
4. Soot falls down the chimney.
5. Spiders creep from their cobwebs.
6. Cattle gather together in groups
7. Old hags doze by the fireside.
8. People feel their corns getting more painful.
9. A blue flame comes in the fire.
10. Some people notice their feet swelling and have to change their shoes.
11. They get depressed and moody.
12. Old and delicate people get cranky.
13. Dogs eat grass.
14. Furniture begins to crack.
15. Wallpaper gets loose on the wall.
16. The west wind brings most rain in this locality.
17. The sky looks dull.
18. A halo is seen round the moon She looks pale.
19. Stars lose their sparkle They get misty.
20. Castlestrange hills look nearer.
21. A rainbow in the morning is a bad sign.
22. The [?] looks black and foam comes
23. The ducks begin quacking.
24. Smoke out of chimneys scatters.(continues on next page)
