School: Caisleán hAicéid
- Location:
- Castlehacket, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0080
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- 1. If the wind blows from the south-west it is the sign of rain.
2. If the wind blows from the north it is the sign of snow.
3. If the goat comes down from the top of the mountain it is the sign of a storm.
4. To see the dog eating grass is the sign of rain.
5. To see a hen picking herself is the sign of rain.
6. To hear a curlew whistling is the sign of rain also.
7. If a person who has corns feels them very sore it is the sign of rain.
8. If the clouds run fast across the sky it is the sign of rain.
9. To see soot falling is the sign of rain.
- Collector
- Annie O' Dowd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cluidrevagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Cluidrevagh, Co. Galway
