School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Kathleen Morris
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 187
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- (continued from previous page)of a bush it will be a good day and when she stays down low it indicates rain When the cat sits with her back to the fire it denotes rain the dog eats grass when rain is approaching the frog changes his yellow coat and dresses on a russet one where rain is near at hand When sheep feed in early morning it is going to rain Sheep and goats come down from the hills when rain is expected and if we see them high on the hills we are sure of good weather
When the sky goat is to be hard we may expect good weather also
Natural features
When the distant hills look near it is going to rain and when the roads dry very quickly after rain it is a sure sign of more rain as Quick drying is quick wetting The flees become(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anna Maura Cummins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 13
- Informant
- Mrs Boyce
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Carrickedmond, Co. Longford
