School: Craobhach (roll number 14671)
- Location:
- Creevagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac an Mhíleadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 355
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- XML “The Signs of the Weather”
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- The signs of bad weather are as follows : -[?] Curlew whistling.
[?] Crickets singing at night,
[?] Soot falling from the crane,
[?] Distant hills looking nigh,
[?] Hens picking their feathers,
[?] Blue sparks in the ashes,
[?]Wild Geese going to the mountain,
[?] Birds flying low,
[?] Red clouds in the sky,
[?] White clouds in the sky,
I Blue skies,
II Rainbows,
III A Ring around the moon,
IV. Ducks cackling in the evening,
V. The seas roaring in the North,
The signs of good weather are as follows,
The seas roaring in the South.(continues on next page)
