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School: Clonback, Aughnacliffe (roll number 15038)

Location:
Cloonback, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Mac Ionnraic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 092

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  1. Signs of the Weather (continued)

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    When goats leaves the fields and come that is a sign of bad weather.
    When it is gong to rain the hills look near
    A rainbow in the East is a sign of rain.
    It is a sign of rain to see a frog turn his yellow coat to a russet colour.
    When we see soot falling we are sur to have rain.
    When the sun sets red it is a sure sign of having good weather.
    When crows fly high it is also a sign weather beign good.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Cloonback, Co. Longford