School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 387
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- Many old men of this district are great astronomers and can fore-tell the coming weather. Many a time I proved for myself when I saw the horse with his back to the wall that it was a sign of a storm.
It is also a sure sign of a wet day when you see the hens run to shelter and begin to pick themselves.
Many a time I have heard old people say "Watch out for the redness at the butt of the sky" and that is a sure sign of wind, and when the redness goes up in the sky it is a sign of frost.
When you see the soot fall it is a sign of a wet day.
- Why is the letter V like an angry bull? Because it follows (you) U.
A riddle a riddle a farmer's fiddle alive in two ends and dead in the middle? A man ploughing. - Collector
- Tony Hynes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
