School: St Canice's, Aghaboe (roll number 16939)
- Location:
- Aghaboe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Aine Ní Dhubhlaoigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 328
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- (continued from previous page)a fog on a hill is the sign of bad weather. When a fog is noticed going up a hill there will be fine weather, but when a fog seems to be descending rain will quickly come. In winter a fog usually rises before frost.
Much information concerning the weather may be obtained by means of animals. Sometimes when a horse is newly shod, fire may be seen on the road, when it gallops, this is an omen of rain. When black snails are observed, rain is sure to come. Frogs are said to change their coats when rain is nigh, At the approach of rain, crows fly in flocks, and seem to stand in the sky. There is a particular kind of snipe, called the "Minny Goat" which is a portent of fine weather. Keening curlews bring rain. Wild geese are said to foretell snow. It is said, when swallows fly near the ground, that there will be rain, During the fine weather, the flies keep soaring up, and therefore the swallows have no trouble in catching them. Before wet weather comes, the flies go downwards, and the swallows come after them in order to catch them, There will be a cold winter. if the robin stands on one leg near a door or window. It is the sign of a bad winter, if the cat comes in, and turns its(continues on next page)
