School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)
- Location:
- Ballyea, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Mathúna
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- (continued from previous page)The people long ago believed it was the sign of a storm to see the cat scraping the bark of a tree or the leg of a table or if they saw the sheep and goats coming down from the top of the mountain to the valley it was a sign of rain. To see the dog eating grass was the sign of rain. It was the sign of rain too to hear the crow, screaming or to see them dipping in their flight. It was a forecast of the mountains seemed near you in a hazy blue.
- Other signs or forecasts of the weather are as follows. When the cat is near the fire it is a sign of rain. It is also said that the sheep are great weather forecasts. When the sheep are grazing in the morning early it is a sign that
- Collector
- Christy O' Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mary O' Shea
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Darragh, Co. Clare
- Other signs or forecasts of the weather are as follows. When the cat is near the fire it is a sign of rain. It is also said that the sheep are great weather forecasts. When the sheep are grazing in the morning early it is a sign that(continues on next page)
