School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)
- Location:
- Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
- Teachers: M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 445
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- (continued from previous page)it is going to rain most people have pains in their head.
When there is a storm over head the curlew go near water but when the curlew go away from the water we will have good weather. There is another sigh the sea gulls. They leave the sea and comes inland when a storm is coming when we are going to have a storm the swallow go under the water an fly very low to the ground.
When we have frost the stars are numerous in the sky. They are all gilttering. If in the morning early if the sun is shinning it is a sigh of a wet day.
- When the sky is cloudy it is a sign of rain.
When the weather birds cry it is a sign of rain.
When the wild geese pass over head it is a sign of a storm.
When swallows fly low.
When swans leave ponds or unsheltered places.
If the sun is too strong in the morning it will be a bad day.
Fog in the morning if it doesnt rise(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ethel Leavy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- New Grove, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- New Grove, Co. Meath
