School: Dundalk (Mercy Convent) (roll number 5387)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 056
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- The old Irish were very shrewd as regards the weather. A farmer in olden times could tell the kind of weather that was forth-coming by the signs he knew and understood.
Frost was heralded by the shooting of stars from one place to another. When the Northern Lights threw a reddish onto the sky rain and storm was expected. The ducks quacking loudly and presistantly was a sign of very stormy weather. One of most reliable forecasts of rain was when the cobble stones became moist. The midges and swallows flying low was a sign of heavy rain. The coming inland of the sea-gulls meant storm at sea. When the mountains disappeared in clouds and mist, rain was expected.
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- Collector
- Eleanor Mc Gee
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Avenue Road, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mr Mc Geary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
