School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)
- Location:
- Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Staráid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 254
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- (continued from previous page)old saying is :
Seagull, seagull sit upon and,
Its ne'er good weather,
When you came to the land.
Another old saying is about the
curlews when they came calling it is said they are calling for rain.It is said that when a cat begins to wash her face it is a sign of rain and when a dog begins (to wash her face) to eat grass that is a sign of rain. If the smoke of a chimney goes up straight it is a sign of rain, good weather.
- 1. If the moons wears a golden crown it is a sign of a storm.2. If the sky is covered with white clouds it is also a sign of a storm.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Hannigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortnacorrib, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Miss Ellen Harkin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Gortnacorrib, Co. Donegal
