School: Baile an Doirín (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033, Page 0401
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- When a cat's back is to the fire that is a sign of rain. When a dog eats grass that is a sign of rain. When the sun goes down very red that is a sign of fine weather. When the moon is a pale colour that is a sign of rain. When noise is heard very far away in the evening that is a sign of frost.
When a lot of flies are out that is a sign of rain. When soot falls down the chimney that is a sign of rain. When we have west wind that is a sign of rain. When the curlew screeches that is a sign of rain. When the old women have pains in their bones that is a sign of rain. When a cat scrapes a tree that is a sign of bad weather.
If there is a fog on the top of mountain that is a sign of rain. When the sky is dark that is a sign of rain. When water goes out of a place very quickly that is a sign of rain. If we have a fog that is a sign of rain. When a rainbow is on the sky that is a sign of rain. When water increases in a place it is a sign of fine weather. When a dog eats grass that is a sign of rain. When crows stand on a wall that is a sign of rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloghballymore, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Moran
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Cloghballymore, Co. Galway
