School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 022

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  1. The following is a list of signs, which are locally believed to indicate weather changes:
    All birds particularly swallows, - if it is their season - fly low at the approach of rain. The wind generally blows from the south-west, and the crickets sing sharply, for the same reason.
    If it is raining, and a cock crows inside a house, the rain is going to continue, but, if the cock comes out in the farmyard and crows, it is a sign that the rain is going to cease.
    If soot falls down the chimney plentifully it is a sign of approaching rain. In former times when sheep were plentiful on Dromore hill it was always noticed by the people of the locality that when cold dry weather was approaching the sheep always came to the southern side of the hill for shelter from the cold north wind, and, on the other hand, when rain was approaching the sheep went to the
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Ó Conchúbhair
    Gender
    Male