School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)
- Location:
- Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0537, Page 205
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- (1) If you see seagulls flying inland, it is a sign of wet weather.
(2) If you hear phesants crowing, it is a sign of thunder.
(3) If there is a nice dew on the grass in the morning, it is the sign of fine weather.
(4) If you see redness in the West in the evening, it is the sign of wet weather.
(5) If you see redness in the North in the evening it denotes frost.
(6) If you see a robin in a tree singing it is a sign of fine weather. If you see one perched upon a piece of rotten twig not singing it is a sign of wet weather.
(7) If the roads dry up quickly it is a sign of more rain.
story teller Kitty Leamy
Told to her by Mr. John Leamy (57), Silvermines, Nenagh
- In one of the fields of Mr. Martin Gleson, Kilmore, there is a stone cut in the shape of a font which is believed was used for holy water in the Penal Days. The font is in the corner of the field and in the Penal Days there used to be Mass said there. Beside the font there are stones laid upon each other and at the other side there are three stones with cement on them.
Teller Kitty Leamy, Ballygown, Silvermines
Told to her by Michael Grace (58), Silvermines, Nenagh - Collector
- Kitty Leamy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballygown North, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Grace
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
