School: Baile Lochnáin
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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Signs of the Weather
“When the sheep are packed together in a sheltered place were are going....”
When the sheep are packed together in a sheltered place were are going to have bad weather. When the wild geese are in a line in the sky crying or when the curlews are heard in the fields and bogs, or when a cat scrapes her nails on a pole it is going to rain.When the swallows fly low or when the sea gulls are flying quickly or, when the mountains seem nearer than they are. There are other signs which tell us it is going to rain.When the sky is red and yellow there is going to be a storm. When old people are complaining of pains these are signs of bad weather also.There are very few to tell when we are going to have good(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Conghaile
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeen, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Connolly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 41
- Address
- Killeen, Co. Tipperary