School: Scoil na mBráthar, Dúrlas Éile

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Br. T. S. Ó Maoilchiaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 039

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 039

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  1. If there are long continued fogs and greenish skys a sign of snow.
    When the moon is on its back or it is cloudy signs of bad weather.
    If the Sheep rise early and go to graze rain only for the day
    Seagulls and wild geese flying low, inland, swans flying crows splashing themselves with water robins singing in the bushes bad weather in the future
    If smoke falls to the ground bad weather
    If an owl hoots at night good weather
    A swan flying against the wind.
    A hurricane.
    A cat with its back to the fire
    A sign of bad weather
    A Red sky. good weather
    Stars. in the sky a sign of frost.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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