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School: Knockanevin (roll number 4122)

Location:
Knockanevin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Crosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 424

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    there are visitors coming and they will bring good weather with them.
    When the ducks are seen looking up at the sky it is a sign of a storm or if they are quacking very loudly it is a sign of rain.
    When the cricket is singing sharply it is a sign of rain.
    When the tracks of the worms are seen on the walls it is a sign of rain. When the caterpillar is seen crossing the road we will have wet weather.When the spider leaves her web and is seen climbing the walls it is a sign of rain. On a summer’s evening if the ants are seen creeping on the roads and on the ditches it is the sign of rain.
    If the mosquitoes are seen flying about on a summer’s evening is also a sign of rain.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Postman
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork