School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 437
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- (continued from previous page)closer and closer to him. It followed him to it left him at home. When he came into the house he fainted.
- Goat’s hair in the sky is a sign of rain.
A ring round the moon is a sign of rain.
When the end of the rainbow is in the east it is a sign of good weather, and when the rainbow run’s north and south it is a sign of wet weather.
A little mist over the sun is a sign of rain.
A glistenning [sic] sun (glimmering sun) is a sure sign of rain.
When the sun is very red it is a sign of frost.
When the wind blows south east there is rain.
When the wind blows north east the weather is dry.
When the wind blows north west the weather is showery.
When the wind blows south west we have the heaviest rain.
When a storm is coming there is 1) a high tide 2) a rough sea 3) sea birds come inland.
When there is a storm curlews and seagulls and cranes or herons come over the land.
A pig gathering a bed for itself is a sign of rain.
A dog eating grass is a sign of rain.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maggie Mc Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
