School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

Location:
Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0295

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  1. Signs of rain-
    1. The windows are rattling.
    2. The ashes turn blue.
    3. The soot falling.
    4. The wind from the south.
    5. The crows fling low.
    6. The river roaring.
    7. The clouds look black.
    8. A rainbow in the morning.
    9. The flour gets damp.
    10. The glass is low.
    11. Spiders from their cobwebs creep.
    12. The sun goes pale to bed.
    13. The walls are damp.
    14. The ducks are quacking.
    15. The cricket sings.
    16. The swallows flying very low.
    Signs of frost
    1. A lot of stars out.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway