School: Beanna (roll number 9524/5)
- Location:
- Banna West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0414, Page 272
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- (continued from previous page)clouds are dark red and are travelling fast to the east.
The birds are silent and the seagulls are flying inland
When the rain is coming the sea gets very dark.
When the frost is coming the sky is of a very bright blue and at night the stars are shining bright.
If the sky is red towards the west in the evening it is the sign of rain.
When flocks of crows are seen noisely in the fields and hedges it means fine weather.
If the day is raining and if crows begin to caw it is the sign that the rain will clear off.
When the soot in the chimney is very moist you are near rain, also if the doors begin to noise or if the spiders spin their webs low we are near rain.
The cement floor is damp or the curlews calling fortell rain.
A red sky is the sign that wind is approaching.
For rain the distant hills look near.
