School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (roll number 5215)

Location:
Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John McGee
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  1. 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.
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