School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)
- Location:
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Page 062
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- (continued from previous page)Dublin red is up in the morning its a sure sign of rain. When the sun goes down red we are going to have good weather. A circle out far from the moon is a sign that we are going to have a storm soon, and a circle near the moon denotes a storm in a few days. When stars are falling its supposed to be a sign of rain. "A rainbow in the morning is the Shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight."
The birds too are an indication of the weather to be expected. When the swallows and the crows fly low it's a sign of rain. The lonely cry of the curlew denotes bad weather, and when the cranes are seen flying about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Flanagan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Whitehall, Co. Westmeath
