School: Loughkeeren

Location:
Knockatemple, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Anna M. Warde
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  1. Many crows collected in a field portend rain.
    When birds and badgers are fat in October expect a cold winter.
    When the cuckoo comes when the leaves are not on the trees, it is a sign of a hard year.
    Celine Warde,
    St. Ciaran's
    Ballyvary
    As long as the bird sings before Candlemas, so long will it wail after it.
    MAggie Mulroy,
    Ballyvary

    On Candlemas Day a good goose will lay;
    But on Valentine's Day any goose will lay
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.