School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)
- Location:
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 025
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- (continued from previous page)When the"cooraloons" have a double whistle it is a sign of rain. When the wildgeese are flying it denotes rain. When the hens are picking themselves it is a sign of rain. If there is a thunder storm it is said that hens can hear it long before we can hear it and they run into the fowl house when they hear it. When the cocks begin to crow during the storm it is coming to an end. When the frogs come in jumping around the house it is a sign of rain and when the snails come crawling and when the crickets are singing it is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Mary Lonergan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardmayle, Co. Tipperary
