School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)
- Location:
- Glen, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 332
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Old people have many signs of the weather. They know whether the next day will be good or not. The principal of the signs which they generally use are: - When the sun goes down red the next day will be good. When it goes down with rays like Moses's horns it will be a bad day. If the clouds in the morning move westward it will be a good day. When the clouds of the morn to the west fly away.
You may depend on a fair settled day.
When the train can be heard from here it is the sign of rain.
When a fog goes out the mountain it is the sign of good(continues on next page)
