School: Carraig na Heorna (2) (roll number 14976)
- Location:
- Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sibéal Nic Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 394
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- 1. The sun goes down red.
2. When the robins are singing up on the tops of bushes.
3. If there is darkish red haze around the horizon.
4. When there is a red blaze in the fire.
5. If the wind is from the east.
- Collector
- Maureen Mac Grane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- 1. When the wind comes from the North.
2. When the sky is very dark.
3. When the blackbirds hop about the street.
4. When the sky is dark blue colour at night, and it is covered with twinkling stars.
5. When the smoke goes up very straight.
6. The stars very bright and some of them shoot across the sky.
