School: Fuerty (roll number 16162)
- Location:
- Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Freathaile
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- Weather Lore.
Country people for the most part have not the advantages of a barometer or the wireless forecast, but still they have a quaint and accurate way of their own for foretelling the future weather. I shall now try to tell you some local beliefs. The first regards the moon-: a halo round it indicates rain. A new moon which is sloped indicates bad weather, while if it is upright the future weather will be fine. The next refers to the stars -: if the stars shine brightly they indicate frost. Then there is a very old saying
"A rainbow in the morning is a shepherd's warning
A rainbow at night is a(continues on next page)
