School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs E.J. Roberts
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 278
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- (continued from previous page)Birds fly low for storms.
Birds go up high for good weather.
Plovers come inland and follow ploughs to pick what they can.
The cuckoo is the sign of the summer.
When the cat sits with her back to the fire and washes her face with her paw over her ear it is the sign of rain.
The dog eats grass and gets drowsy for rain.
Pigs go to their beds and bring a fir bush with them to chew when a wind-storm is coming.
Dust rises from the roads when rain is coming
A lot of ants gather on bogs for rain.
- Collector
- Hilda Forbes
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Miss Meena
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballintlieve, Co. Meath
