School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 122
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- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Paul Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- When stars are seen running across the sky we will have showers or rain. Stars glittering is a sign of frosty weather. A rainbow in the morning is the shepherds warning and a rainbow at night is the shepherds delight. When smoke goes up straight it is a sign that we are to have a period of fine weather. It is also a sign of bad weather to see the cat on the hearth with velvet paws wiping over his whiskered jaws. When the wind blows from the north we are sure of bad weather and it usually lasts for a time.(continues on next page)
