School: Port Ruadh, Aonach Úrmhumhan (roll number 11367)
- Location:
- Portroe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S.C. Ó Freathaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 005
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- There are many signs observed in the sky foretelling the coming weather. A rainbow in the morning is the sign of rain and one in the evening shows there is good weather approaching. A circle round the moon is a sign of rain and a circle a good distance away from the moon shows we are going to get wind. A new moon on a Saturday night is a sign we will have bad weather for that month.
The stars sparkling in the sky denote frost and sometimes rain. When the sun sinks red in the Summer it is a sign of much heat and in the Winter it denotes frost. When the sun is barely visible through the clouds it is a sign of rain. When the clouds are very black and gloomy it shows we are going to get rain also.
We are sure to get a storm when the clouds travel very quickly. If a cat is scraping timber people say. "We will get a storm to night"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna C. Cooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Portroe, Co. Tipperary
