School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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- XML “Weather-Lore”
- XML “Weather-Lore”
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- (continued from previous page)are painful bad weather is approaching.
- (1) When the cat sits with its back to the fire and scrapes the wood of the chair it is a sign of rain.
(2) When the crows fly about in the sky and caw it is a sign of rain.
(3) When the curlews pick grass in the fields it is a sign of rain.
(4) When the wild geese go over the mountain it is a sign of rain.
(5). When the ducks quack loudly and stay about the house there is sure to be rain. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Mc Brearty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyraine, Co. Donegal
- (1) There is a place in West Donegal known as Mc Swenis Gun. It is looked upon as a great weather guide by the people of that district. When a storm is approaching the noise of the Gun can be heard for several miles around.
(2) When a dirty muddy tide comes in it(continues on next page)