School: An Clochar, Carraig Thuathail
- Location:
- Carrigtohill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Celestine
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- (continued from previous page)the summer time its a sign of showers.
A number of horse-flies or other insects when they appear indicate rain.
- In summer if at sunset there is a thick fog it means heat on the following day.If you could look straight at the sun in bad weather without hurting your eyes it means a continuation of rainThe sun is supposed to shine every Saturday in the year except one
It is also a bad sign to see the moon on its back.
If a star is seen near the moon it means rain while if a circle or halo it means, "the nearer the moon the nearer the rain".
"A rainbow in the morning is a shepherd's warning, a rainbow in the night is a shepherd's delight." If the rainbow sometimes described as "the Bow that bridges heaven" bridges at particular houses(continues on next page)
