School: Dangan (roll number 7352)
- Location:
- Dangan (King), Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Thomas O' Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0254, Page 298
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- Weather Lore.There are many signs to foretell
the kind of weather, and those
are some of the "Signs of Good Weather".
The sun sets redly in the sky,
The crows and swallows fly high,
The sky very clear. The fog
going up the mountains. The mountains looking very far
away. The wind coming from the North.Signs of Rain :-The wind coming from the South. The crows and swallows fly low. The
clouds very black looking. The curlews whistle. The cats lie with their backs to the fire.
The horses stand with their backs to the hedges, also the donkeys stand with their backs to the hedges. The dogs eat grass.
A cat scrapes wood. The crickets chirup loudly.Signs of Frost.The sky very clear(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael J. Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Roscommon
