School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conghaile
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    14. "If the smoke goes up straight it's a sign of good weather"
    15. " I there are blue blazes in the fire it's a sign of storm."
    16. "If you can hear the fire jumping it's a sign of storm."
    17. "If the soot is falling from the chimney, it's a sign of rain."
    18. "If you hear far away noise clearly it's the sign of rain".
    19. "If the ducks go away through the fields in the evening it's the sign of rain".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Mac Nerney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corclaragh, Co. Longford