School: Ínse Cloch (roll number 7101)
- Location:
- Inchiclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Críodáin
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- (continued from previous page)about in the evening it is a sign of intense heat. In the chimney soot loosens and falls down on the hearth in large lumps is a sign of rain. "The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow". When the old women are complaining of feeling cold, it is a sure sign of snow, or when the cat has his back to the fire, and when the smoke descends from the chimney instead of ascending. There are also a few old sayings about the rainbow. "A rainbow at morning is the shepherd's warning". "And a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight".Name: Kitty Sullivan, Droumsullivan, Bantry, Co. Cork.
Obtained from: Mrs Sullivan Droumsullivan, Bantry, Co. Cork.
Age 46 years
- There are numerous signs which indicate good and bad weather. When the sky is covered with soft woolly clouds, it is a sign of rain. The red, which appears at the rising and setting of the sun, if this rises(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromsullivan South, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Dromsullivan South, Co. Cork
