School: Rath Cruachan

Location:
Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Séamus Diúc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0251, Page 152

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  1. People believe that certain signs are able to foretell good or bad weather.
    Rain will soon come:
    If soot falls in large lumps down the chimney,
    If the cat scratches the stool with her claws,
    If dogs eat grass,
    If crows perch in large numbers on the walls,
    If swallows fly low,
    If midges sting sharply in the evening,
    If vapour rises off the lakes and rivers,
    If hens pick their feathers,
    If ducks quack loudly,
    If the hills seem to come near us,
    If the floors get,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Daly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Daly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female