School: Magoney
- Location:
- Magoney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhaolchraoibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 366
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- (continued from previous page)3 If the sky is clear and blue during the day. 4 If you can see silvery threads in the air in the evening. 5 The cold wind from the north. 6 If plovers are fat.
Snow: 1 If the sky is covered with soft white clouds. 2 If the mountains are covered in snow. 3 If the wind blows from the east
Fine Weather: 1 First. If the sun sinks red in the evening that is a sign of fine weather. 2 If thrushes whistles on the top of a tree. 3 If the robin sings at the top of a tree. 4 When you see a swarm of bees together.
Wind: 1 When you see a cat scraping a tree. When you see cattle grazing along a hedge.
- Collector
- Róisín Ní Miodhcháin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drumboat, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Rose Meegan
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Drumboat, Co. Monaghan
