School: Barnaran, Rathangan (roll number 10454)
- Location:
- Barnaran, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Bean Uí Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 168
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- (continued from previous page)would go for the door and find it tied. When the boys would get tired they would go away angry.
- 1 When the hills are looking near it is a sign of rain.
2 When you see a cat sitting with her back to the fire it is a sign of rain.
3 When you see a cat tearing a tree with her nails it is a sign of a storm.
4 When you see fowl going for shelter it is a sign of rain.
5 When the soot falls down it is a sign of rain.
6 When spiders creep from their cobwebs it is a sign of rain.
7 When you see a halo around the moon it is a sign of rain.
8 When you see the clouds running fast across the[y] sky it is a sign of rain.
9 When you see a fog in the evening it is a sign of fine weather.
10 When you see cows lying in a clump it is a sign of a wet day.
11 When swallows fly high it is a sign(continues on next page) - Collector
- Máire Ní Giolla Phádruig
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Lullymore East, Co. Kildare
