School: Culmullen (roll number 1904)
- Location:
- Culmullin, Co. Meath
- Teacher: M. Mc Carthy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 106
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- 1. If a jack-snipe is heard crying it is a sign of fine weather.
2. If a bat is flying about in the dusk of the evening it is the sign of fine weather.
3. When wild-geese fly towards the north it is a sign of fine weather.
4. When swallows fly low it is a sign of rain.
5. If plowers fly in the form of a "V" it is a sign of rain.
6. When the sun sets very red it is the sign of a storm.
7. When the mountains appear near it is the sign of rain.
- Collector
- John Lawless
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Bogganstown, Co. Meath
