School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)
- Location:
- Carrickbyrne, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máire Cuirtéis
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- (continued from previous page)9. When an ass is seen on the sheltry side of a field it is a sign of rain.10. When the wind is from the east it is neither good for man or beast.11. When snipe are heard whistling it is a sign of rain.12. When a frog or a beetle comes into the kitchen it is a sign of rain.13. Seagulls, seagulls sitting on the strand,
We'll have no fine weather when you'll come to the land.14. When the smoke coming from the chimney goes up high it is the sign of fine weathers, when it goes slanting it is the sign of rain.15. If the wind was in the north and it changed to the south it is the sign rain.16. When a rainbow comes in the sky it is a sign of rain, there is an old saying
"A rainbow in the morning is the shepherds warning,
A rainbow at night is the shepherds(continues on next page)
