School: St Columba's, Cloonagh, Granard (roll number 12813)
- Location:
- Cloonagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter O'Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0762, Page 333
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- When there is wild wet weather in May the farmers say they will have good crops that year.
A wet and Windy May
Fills the gardens with oats and hay.If the second of February which is Candlemas day is a good bright day, people say that they will have a bad year.
If Candlemas day is bright and clear
You''ll have two winters in one year.If the cuckoo sits on a bare thorn the crop will bad that year.
If the cuckoo sits on a bare thorn
Sell your cow and buy corn.If St Swithin's day it rains
For forty days it will remain.When the month of May is wet and the month of June is dry the farmers are glad
A wet May and a dry June Makes the farmers whistle a tune.When the sun sets very red in the evening
there will be frost that night.(continues on next page)
