School: Móin Ruadh, Knocktopher
- Location:
- Moanroe Commons, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Dochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 297
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- Some people can judge the signs of weather by watching birds animals and many other things carefully.Birds.
To hear the curlew calling or to see the crows turning when flying or to see the swallows flying low is a sign of rainAnimals
To see the goat run to the ditch or the cat sitting with his back to the fire is sign of rain.Insects
It is a sign of rain to see the frogs come indoors or to see the snails cross the road.Many other signs
It is a sign of rain to see streaks from the sun or a circle around the moon or a fog on the hill or to see the new moon on his back or blue blazes in the fire. "A rainbow in the morning is a sailors warning and a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Holden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
