School: Woodland (roll number 8464)
- Location:
- Woodland, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Crossan
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- (continued from previous page)to have rain before night.
(2) When floors and walls drip it is a sign of rain.
(3) When wild geese leave the lowlands and go to the mountains or to a mountain lake rain ensues.
(4) In the West of Donegal is a mountain known as Muckish. When a change of weather with rain is approaching it seems several miles nearer.
(5) When dust blows along the road in the whirlwinds it is a sign of rain.
(6) A place on the Atlantic coast known as Fanny's Bay is covered with a heavy black mist when very hot weather is approaching.
(7) An insect called the cricket sings or chirps for several hours without stopping when a change of weather with rain is approaching.
(8) When a fire throws out unusual heat it is a sign of stormy weather.
- (1)A low cloudy sky is a sign of bad weather.
(2) When curlews, plover, seagulls, and peacocks call at night they indicate very stormy weather. - Collector
- David Montgomery
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Loughnagin, Co. Donegal
