School: Ughtyneill (roll number 12897)

Location:
Ughtyneill, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Chinnéide
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    A rainbow at night is the Sheperds delight.
    If the birds keep flying before you on the road, it is a sign of snow or frost or some storm anyway
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. When a goat is high on a mountain and then comes down that is a sign that there is going to be a storm of rain or snow.
    When the robin sings at the butt of a bush that is a sign of rain and when she sings on the top of a bush that is a sign of good weather.
    When cattle are eating quickly in the evening it is a sign that rain is coming. If a cat is sitting at the fire and has his back to the fire it is a sign of a rain storm.
    If a cat scrapes the wall with his nails it is the sign of wind
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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