School: Barr an Chárthainn, Domhnach Mór (roll number 16650)
- Location:
- Barrahaurin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: D. Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0346, Page 149
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- When the lights of the city of Cork are seen reflecting on the clouds on a clear night we are supposed to have a spell of broken weather, also when we see the reflection of the light houses in Queenstown and the ships coming into the harbour.
There is a river adjacent to our house and when this is heard rippling loudly we always get frosty hard weather. When the sun sets behind a cloud or sets pale without shining out strongly it is a sure sign of rain. If there was a reddening sun in the east at sunrise it is a bad sign of the day.
A bow around the moon is a bad sign of the following day. If the first quarter of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Looney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meenahony, Co. Cork
