School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)
- Location:
- Rossmore, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Michéal Ó Corcora
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- (continued from previous page)cat sits by the fire and when the smoke goes down around the house these are all signs of rain. When cows are standing near a fence it is a sign of rain. Ants are found on the roads before rain and worms come up through the soil. The ashes are blue before a storm. Hills are misty and foggy. Dust blowing on the roadway is the sign of wet weather. When sea-gulls leave the sea and come to land it is the sign of wet weather.
- When cows are standing near a ditch it is the sure sign of rain. When there is a halo around the moon, when the smoke is not going up the chimney straight; when hills are cloudy and foggy, and the sky is of a dark colour and is cloudy rain is near. When the stars(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Fehily
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rossmore, Co. Cork
