School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Charleville, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSiúr Proinnséas
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- (continued from previous page)A rainbow in the day is a shepherd's delay, and a rainbow in the night is a shepherd's delight. The south-westerly winds bring the most rain to our district. The wind from the north is very hard. The heaviest snowfalls come from the east. The south and westerly winds bring rain. We know when we are about to have rain, because "the hollow winds being to blow, "The clouds look black, the glass is low." "The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep" "The spiders from their cobwebs peep".
The following signs indicate a storm: "The walls are damp, the ditches smell," "Closed is the pink eyed pimpernel(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Síghle Ní Laoghaire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Charleville, Co. Cork
