School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Mac Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 097
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- Many people in Drogheda use old sayings for the weather. Signs for rain:-
Loud quack the ducks
The peacocks cry.
The Distant hills are looking nigh
Old women's joints are on the rack
Puss on the hearth with velvet paws
Wiping o'er her whiskers & jaws
The spiders from their cobwebs creep
Last night the Sun went pale to bedA Red Sky at night is the Shepherd's delight
But a red Sky in the morning is a Sailor's warning.If the fog rises high it is for rain, but when it is low it is a sign of heat. When the curlews cry it is a sign of rain.
It is said of the circle round the moon that the farther away the circle the nearer the storm.
When swallows fly low it is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Lalla Swain
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Julianstown East, Co. Meath
