School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 054
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- (continued from previous page)other ones glassy till at last one of the boys gets all the glassies. The glassies are to be got at fourteen a penny and they are carried in a small bag. The game is played in January and February.
- The people believe that if the ducks quack loud in the evening and flap their wings and so on there is going to be a storm. If the sun shines very bright in the morning it is going to rain during the day. If there is a ring round the moon at night not very far of it is a sign of good weather but if there is a ring round the moon far of it is a sign of bad weather. If black clouds are in the sky it is a sign of rain. If the wind is blowing South or South East is is a sign(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Colm Quigley
- Gender
- Male
