School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- Dysart, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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- When wild geese fly towards the sea it is a sign of storm.
When the sun rises very red in the morning it is the sign of a wet day & when it sets very red in the evening it denotes a good day following.
When there are a lot of stars up at night it is a sign that it is freezing (and some people say that the stars are other worlds.)
A rainbow in the morning denotes bad weather and a rainbow in the evening is a sign of good weather, and there is an old saying "A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning and a rainbow in the evening is the shepherd's delight."
- When the curlew whistles it is a sign of rain.
When the sun is shining in the morning it is a(continues on next page) - Collector
- Evelynn Butterly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangebellew, Co. Louth
- Informant
- John Butterly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
