School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Ciardha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 068
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- "The following are some of the signs which foretell bad weather."
1.
If the sun is pale as it sets in the evening it is a sign of rain.
2.
A halo around the moon at night is a sign of rain.
3.
A mackerel sky is a sure sign of rain. The old proverb is "A mackerel sky never told a lie."
4.
When the stars are bright and very numerous at night we will have frost.
5.
A dark cloudy sky is a token of very bad weather approaching.
6.
A fog on top of a hill at evening is a sure sign of bad weather.
7.
Wind which blows from east and south east brings bad weather.
8.
It is a sign of rain when the cattle sleep in the fields during the day with their backs to the wind.
9.
If a dog is rolling itself and eating the grass we are going to have bad weather.
10.
Ifa donkey stands with his back to the fence rain is approaching.
11.
If the seagulls assemble on the land rainy and stormy weather is near.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Cornelius Driscoll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
