School: Baile Lochnáin
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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Signs of the Weather
“There are many signs of the weather which tell us whether will be fine or not.”
There are many signs of the weather which tell us whether will be fine or not.If the sky is very red in the East in the morning it is the sign of a storm.
If you see the stones of the inside of a building damp or if the flags in a floor are damp it is the sign of rain. Sheet lightning in the night is the sign of broken weather.A heavy dew in Summer time points to a hot day or if when the sun is sitting in a Summer's evening it is very red it means fine weather.When you see frogs very dark in colour it is the sign of wet weather and when the frogs are bright in colour it is going to be fine weather.When the moon is on it's back it is the sign of rain.When the swallows are flying low it is the sign of wet weather and when they are flying highest is the sign of fine weather. The people around here believe that when you can see(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Áine Ní Cinnéidigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary