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School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)

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Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
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S. Ó Deagha
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    (12) When furniture creeks it is the sign of bad weather.
    (13) When the crickets sing it is a sign of wet weather.
    (14) When the distant hills look near it is the sign of bad weather.
    (15) When the ducks quack loudly and when pea-cocks cry it is
    the sign of wet showery weather.
    (16) When a robin sings on top of a tree it is a sign of good weather. but
    (17) When he sings on the bottom of a tree it is the sign of wet weather.
    Harry Mc Dermott.
    Clooncun.
    Glenamaddy.
    Information got from his grandfather.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harry Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clooncon West, Co. Galway