School: Empor (roll number 941)
- Location:
- Emper, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 058
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- The following lore for good and bad weather are noticed from the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky, and the rainbow.
It is the sign of good weather when the sky is clear and blue when the sun goes down red in the evening when the moon is clear and shiny, and when stars shine brightly.
It is the sign of bad weather when the sky is cloudy, when there are streamers coming from the sun, when the stars are flying at night.
The sign from a rainbow in the morning is a sheperds warning and a rainbow(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Emper, Co. Westmeath
