School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)
- Location:
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 043
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- There are many different signs by which people can know the kind of weather that is to come. Each place has its own peculiar beliefs and old sayings with which many of us are familiar.
Birds and animals are the most common indication for good or bad weather.
The surest sign of rain is to see the swallows flying low and the sea-gulls near the land. The crows also foretell bad weather when we see them grouped together in the evenings, before flying to their rookery.
We may be sure that snow is nigh, when we notice the thrush flying here and there with straws in his beak, repairing his nest.
The dog eats grass and the cat sits with his tail to the fire, and the chirping of the cricket is heard, when rainy weather is coming.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Shéoighe
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr C. O. Malley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Foynes, Co. Limerick
