School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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24-1-1938If the dewdrop on the cabbage leaf stays on till well on in the morning it is the sign of a good day. When you hear the ducks quacking loudly it is the sign of rain.
The peacocks cry is a sign of rain.
If the dog sleeps it is a sign of rain.
If the spiders creep from their cobwebs it is a sign of rain.
When the stars are running in the sky the rain is coming.
When the smoke is going straight up in the sky is rain to come.
If the cock crows early in the morning it will be a good day.
If God's horse is to be seen it is a sign of bad weather.
It is an old saying the a dry February brings winters in the same year and that a wet and windy May fills the haggard with corn and hay.
It is also said that a dry Candlemas brings forty days rain.
If the turkeys stay under a bush it is the sigh of rain.
If a goose stands on one leg it is the sign of snow.
If St. Swithens day is wet it will rain for forty days.
If the sky is covered with stars there will be frost.
