School: Carraigín (B.), Portláirge (roll number 15340)

Location:
Corluddy, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Seán Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0840, Page 043

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0840, Page 043

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  1. The following are regarded as signs of rain by the people of this district.
    1.When the white crows perch in a grass field.
    2.When the soot is soft and is falling down the chimney.
    3.When there is a wide circle around the moon or a red sky in the morning.
    4.When the wild geese are flying for the hills.
    5.When the swallows are flying low or when people's corns are hurting them.
    6.A falling star or a mackerel sky.
    7.To hear curlews in the night or to see spiders webs floating in the air.
    8.To see one white crow alight in a field.
    9.When the people of Kilmacow (a village 4 1\2 mls N.E. of Carrigeen can hear the Carrigeen Church bell clearly they regard it as a sure sign of rain.
    10.It is also regarded as a sign of rain in Kilmacow to hear the train clearly on the Waterford to Limerick Railway line which runs within a mile of that village.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael O Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Glengrant, Co. Kilkenny