School: Cill Barúin (roll number 10595)
- Location:
- Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Séan C. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)with his back to a ditch it is a sure of rain.
“When the crows keep near their rookery is a bad sign.”
“If the new moon is blunt a points ot if the old moon shows with the new one it is a bad sign.”
“When a dog eats grass it is the sign of rain.”
“When the cattle take shelter early in the evening it is a bad sign.”
It is said that if the black snails are plentiful on the road that it is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Elva Patton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sheegys, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Thomas Patton
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sheegys, Co. Donegal
