School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)
- Location:
- Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1103, Page 51
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- If the cows stay out late at night it is a sign of bad weather. When the dogs do be eating grass in the morning it is a sign of rain. when the crickets do be chirping about the fire it is a sign of bad weather. When the smoke goes up straight from every chimney it is a sign that it is going to freeze. When there go mist up the rivers there are going to be floods. When the crows fly low it is a sign of rain. When there does be a ring round the moon it is a sign of a storm. When the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Agnes Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killymasny, Co. Donegal
