School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)
- Location:
- Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 246
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- (continued from previous page)when you hear a lot of asses braying it is a sign of rain.To see a rook flying to the ground, with its head downwards, it is a sure sign of rain. If you see the starlings, very busy picking in a grass field, people say it is going to rain. If you hear the cock crow at unusual times it is a sign of rain also. When you see swallows skimming the ground, it is going to rain.When the worms come to the top of the ground, it is a very good sign of rain.
When spiders are very busy making small cobwebs, rain is going to come. If you hang up a piece of seaweed, and it becomes very hard, it is a sign of cold weather. If the mountain rivers can be heard plainly,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Bass
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Ballingarry Lower, Co. Wexford
