School: Dillonsbridge (roll number 8501)

Location:
Philpotstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
A.B. Ní Chumhaill
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  1. When the sun is in "a crow's nest" (half hidden by clouds) when nearing the horizon rain is at hand.
    The moon on its back means bad weather.
    Signs of rain: the front of the plough facing north.
    The sou'west wind.
    The north-east wind denotes any frosty weather.
    "Dunboyne is the dart" meaning Dunboyne is the refuge when the sou' west wind blows.
    "If the sun gets past the wind there'll be no rain" meaning if the sun reaches the west before the wind has changed to the west.
    The sou' west wind brings most rain.
    Signs of coming storm and rain: A circle round the moon; rooks clustering silently and starlings clustering silently; crickets singing noisily; the cat washing her face.
    Birds and animals as weather omens: curles and segully flying inland; rooks flying low when going home at night portend bad weather. The dog eating grass is a sign of rain. Cattle go to shelter & lied down sleepily. Goats, too, make for shelter.
    Redness in the east in the morning indicates rain that day.
    When the sun sets red it means frost in
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    A. B. Ní Chumhaill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Manley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tara, Co. Meath