School: An Caisleán Nua (B.), Cluain Meala (roll number 9249)
- Location:
- Newcastle, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 015
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- Weather Signs
A wet and windy May, fills the haggard with corn and hay.
Rain follows an anbus(halo) around the moon.
St Swithins Day if thou dost rain
Forty days it will remain.
A thick fog on an August morning shows rain is near.
If February brings rain
There'll be neither hay nor grain.
Ní théigheann stoirm thar Domnac nó briseadh thar Céadaoin.
A wet May and a hot June
Makes the farmer whistle a merry tune.
A blue light in the fire shows rain is near.
A dog drinking water shows rain is near.
A blue flame in the fire shows that a storm is near.
Soot falling down the chimmney shows rain is near.
- Collector
- Thomas Hally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Knockperry South, Co. Tipperary
