School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 111
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- (continued from previous page)from a chimney, a purple blaze in the fire, flies on a road, crickets going away and birds flying low.
When the wind is from the west good dry weather is coming. A smoke rising off the bogs is also a sign of good weather.
- Signs of bad weather are: If it is red round the sun when it is setting; streamers down fromt he sun in the evening; smoke falling down to the ground; the blaze of the fire is red; the sun going down early in the evening; a black sky; the moon rising late; a short rainbowl the cat putting her back to the firel dogs eating grass; the west wind; cock crowing in the middle of the day; birds flying low; sea-birds coming inland; the sun glittering on rocks and hills; the hills and rocks seeming near; waves in rivers and lakes leaping up and down; the fire int eh house not drawing and the smoke round te house; soot falling; smoke thick.
Signs of good weather: Streamers going(continues on next page) - Collector
- Frank Moyna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Frank Moyna
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
