School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)
- Location:
- Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0105, Page 093
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- Long ago the people had old sayings about the weather. Some people believe in them yet. The people knew by the sun, moon, and stars when bad weather would come.
A ring around the moon was called a halo. It was also a sign that God would never drown the world. It was also a sign of bad weather. When there was a very windy day, the people would say that bad weather would come. If the birds flew low that was a sign of bad weather. If the sun went down very red that was a sign of good weather, but if the Eastern sky was striped with red it was a sign of frosty weather to come.
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- Collector
- Kathleen Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilshanvy, Co. Galway
- Informant
- J. Glynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilshanvy, Co. Galway
