School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (roll number 5215)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John McGee
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- 1. A rainbow in the morning is the Shepherd's warning.
A rainbow in the night is the Shepherd's delight.2. A wet and windy May fills the barn with corn and hay.3. A mackeral sky is never dry.4. If March comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb.5. Soft April showers and bright May flowers will bring the summer back again.6. When the cuckoo calls from a leafless thorn sell your cow and buy corn.7. A green Christmas makes a fat churchyard.8. A wet May and a fine June, makes the farmer whistle a merry tune.9. If the ash should bud before the oak,
Then we're sure to have a soak,
If the oak should bud before the ash,
Then we'll only have a splash.