School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire de Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 640
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- When a person has corns and if they start to ache then that is a sign that the weather will change.
If the birds fly low it is a sign of rain.
When the chimney does not pull and the house gets full of smoke it is a sign of rough weather.
- A new moon on its back is a sign of wet weather
If the hens pick themselves rain is near
If hens pick lime off the wall fine weather follows - Collector
- Kathleen Fahey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Hart
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 70
- Address
- Cloonrane, Co. Galway
