School: Caisleán hAicéid
- Location:
- Castlehacket, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0079
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- 1. Extreme heat from the sun is the sign of thunder.
2. A red-setting sun is the sign of good weather.
3. If on the night of a new moon the old one can be seen inside the new moon it is the sign of bad weather.
4. If the moon is sitting on its back it is the sign of bad weather.
5. To see the dog eating grass is the sign of rain.
6. A red sky in the evening is the sign of rain.
7. A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.
- Collector
- Eddie Kearns
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pollnahallia, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Martin Kearns
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Pollnahallia, Co. Galway
