School: Baile 'n Tóchair (roll number 2013)
- Location:
- Ballintogher, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Conn Ó Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0178, Page 349
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- (continued from previous page)Weather Signs.
In rainy Weather.
If the spiders break their webs and creep away.
When the sky in rainy weather be coloured with a sea green the rain will continue.
If the sun sets in dark heavy clouds.
If in the Winter, there be a red sky at sunrise.
If the sun sets pale.
If the full moon rise pale.
If there be many falling stars on a clear evening.
If it rains and the sun shine.
If the full moon rises red - wind
If clouds suddenly appear in the north.
If there be rain a few hours after sunrise there will be wet weather for at least a week.
If there be a large circle around the moon.
If there be a north wind in April.
If mists rise and settle on the hill-tops.
If there be in May a south-west wind.
If the morning be clear and sunny.
A rainbow in the morning is a shepherds warning.
If the smoke from the chimneys blow down or if the soot falls down the chimney into the fire.
If mice squeak in the walls.
- Collector
- Máighréad Ní Fhallamhain
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballintogher, Co. Sligo
