School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)
- Location:
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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- The following is a rhyme about the weather:-
Evening red and morning grey,
Is the sure sign of a fine day
But evening grey and morning red
Makes the sailor shake his head.Told by Anthony Melody, Currower.
- Collector
- Maureen Cunney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- If a man sees a black frog when he is digging, there will be wet, stormy weather.Most people like to see a wet Winter, because it forecasts a fine Summer.It is a sign of a fine year, to see birds, and especially crows and rooks building nests high up on a tree. If they build low in the tree it is a sign of a wet year.Rain is coming, and also a wet month, if the new moon is lying on its back. It is said to be "holding the water".At full moon, of you go out, you(continues on next page)
