School: Carniska (roll number 1681)
- Location:
- Carrownaskeagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Richard Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)sign of rain.
If there is a fog on the window it is a sign of frost.
When the sun goes down red it is a sign of good weather.
When the swallows fly high it is a sign of good weather.
When the cricket sings sharply it is a sign of rain.
When the hens are picking themselves it is a sign of bad weather.
When there is blue blazes in the fire it is a sign of bad weather.
When the wind blows from the west it is a sign of bad weather.
- Informant
- Mrs Stephen Feeney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Carrowclogher, Co. Roscommon
