School: Caisleán hAicéid
- Location:
- Castlehacket, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Floinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0052
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- XML “Signs of the Weather from Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Dust and Noise”
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- 1. A dog eating grass is a sign of rain.
2. To see a cat with its back to the fire is the sign of rain.
3. To see an ass with its back to the wall is a sign of rain.
4. To see a goat coming down from the top of a hill is a sign that a storm is approaching.
5. To see a frog coming into the house is the sign of rain.
6. To hear curlews whistling in the evening is the sign of rain.
7. Wild-geese flying towards the north-east is the sign of frost.
8. The robin going into the barn is the sign of snow.
9. The hen picking herself is the sign of rain.
10. Crows flying into the woods in the evening is the sign of rain.
11. Swallows flying low is the sign of rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Hogan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Biggera More, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Hogan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Biggera More, Co. Galway
