School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)
- Location:
- Rathkell, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 165
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- If the sun sets in a bank of clouds, with rays of light shooting upwards from it and a red or copper-coloured sky around it, it is a sure sign of wet weather.
When the curlew has a double whistle, it is a sign that rain is approaching.
When you see mountain sheep lowering down the hill-side to the low-lying lands, rain usually follows.
When you see the dust rising off the road it is a sign of roughness.
When you hear a badger barking up on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Emily Joyce
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenavenew, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Peter Joyce
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenavenew, Co. Mayo
