School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Tuaithe (C.) (roll number 16251)
- Location:
- Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Ailís Ní Bhuadhacháin
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- (continued from previous page)13. When you see the robin in cold weather washing herself in pools of water it is the sign of weather.
14. When the swallows leave this country early it is always a sign that we are to have a hard winter.
15. Sheep or goats that have been grazing on the top of a mountain and that come down to the valleys always show that we are going to have bad weather.
- Signs of fine weather.
1. A fog in the morning is the sign of a warm day.
2. When the smoke goes up straight out of the chimney.
3. A rainbow in the morning a shepherds warning.
4. When the black thorn blossoms early it is the sign of a fine summer.
5. When the swallows and starlings return early to this country it is the sign of mild weather.
6. When the cuckoo is heard early it is the sign of a fine summer.
Q. Which winds bring the most rain ?
A. The winds from the Devils Bit.
When a star is near the moon it is a(continues on next page)
