School: Tigh Molaga (2)
- Location:
- Timoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eileen Beamish
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 144
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- The south wind brings rain to this district.
The following are signs of rain.
1. A mackeral sky. The wind from the south. The swallows fly low. There is a ring around the moon. Stars very close to the moon. Cows sleepy and lying in the fields. The cows "gadding" ie running from warble fly. Soot falling. Smoke falling to ground from chimney. A haziness in the air which shades the sun's light and makes the orb appear whitish or ill defined. The stars get dim.
A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning.
A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.The evening red and the morning grey.
Sets the traveller on his way.
The evening grey and the morning red.
Pours down on the travellers head.
Cock crowing indicates a change.
If the day is wet and the rooster crows it will clear up.
If the day is fine and the cock crows it becomes wet.Bad weather if rooks perch on ground - fine if they fly home in the evening in flocks cawing loudly.
Fine weather. Swallows fly high. Smoke coils up straight from chimney.
Seagulls flock inland before storms.(continues on next page)
