School: Redwood (roll number 11912)
- Location:
- Redwood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máighréad Nic Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 199
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- 1. Smoke ascending from a chimney-stack in a straight line.
2 Fogs rise on moors or callows near the Shannon.
3 A bat flies round the windows at night
4 A bumble bee is heard humming in the evening.
5 Swallows fly high. Birds sing on the highest branch, and commence their songs early in the morning.
6. The sky appears to be far away or very high.
7. Hens, ducks and geese get out in the early morning in search of worms.
8. The frogs have a nice yellow colour
9. Snails creep out early in the morning
10. The new moon stands on its end.
11. The sea-gulls fly back back towards the sea, or towards the Shannon in this locality.
12. The wind flows from the East or N. East.
13 Moths fly round a lighted candle in the evening, or they appear on the windows
14. The air is calm and also rivers and lakes are calm. Springs fall when weather is fine.
Collected from various sources.
11th Feb. 1938
