School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)
- Location:
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 140
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- It is a sign of wet weather to see a cat sit with its back to the fire. It is bad sign also to see a dog near the fire or the animals looking cold, or looking for shelter. It is a bad omen to see a shine on the rocks or see a fog or mist on the hills in the morning for you are sure to have frost and then rain follows.
- Collector
- Brendan Walle
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Walle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Darragh, Co. Clare
- When a cat has his back turned to the fire that is a sign of bad weather. The rocks shine before a heavy shower. When you see a fog on the top of a hill that is a forecast of wet weather. A dark colour on the sky is another signal of rain. When the cows go in the shelter by the wall that is another sign of rain.(continues on next page)
