School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 385
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- There are many old men, women, and especially grand-fathers, that are able to fortell when there is going to be a change in the weather, in this district.
They say that, if you see a cat with her back to the fire, it is a sign of a snow storm.
Another sure sign is, if the distant hills seem near to you, there is going to be bad weather.
If the hens pick their feathers, and if the swallows fly low, and also if a horse stands with his back to a wall, or a ditch, rain may be expected.
It is a sure sign when a cat scratches wood, that there is going to be windy weather.
If there is a redness in the sky it is a sign of frost, and also if a pig carries straw in his mouth.
- Collector
- Mary O' Hanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sandybanks, Co. Dublin
- A kitchen full a room full, and you could not catch a spoonful = Smoke.
What is the one-eyed servant? = A needle.
Ink pink under a bank ten drawing four = A man milking a cow.
