School: Moate or Moyvoughley (?)
- Location:
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 124
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- (continued from previous page)in which the blacksmith cools the iron.
- There are many signs of change of weather in which the old people believed.
1. Fog on the river means bad weather; fog on the hills is a sign of fine weather, fog around the moon means rain.
2. A rainbow in the morning is rain in the evening.
3. A red sky in the evening is the sign of a chill morning.
4. When the sky is covered with stars, that is a sure sign of frost.
5. When the wind comes from the south and the west rains follows; when the road is dry and dust blowing, rain also follows.
6. There are many birds and animals that tell a change in weather, chiefly the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maureen Berry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
