School: Tombrack (roll number 15940)
- Location:
- Tombrack, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máighréad, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 322
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- 322Weather Lore1. A red sky at sunset betokens frost
2. When the robin sings on the top of a thorn on a wet morning the day will clear up.
3. When the Slaney "roars" down (south) it is a sign of rain locally.
4. When the Slaney is flooded after rain and if it subsides quickly, it is a sign of more rain.
5. If the sun shines through apple trees on Christmas day it is a sign that the friut will be plentiful the following year.
6. Green Christmas - fat churchyard.
7. When there is a white cap on Slieve Buidhe we will have rain. There is a local saying "When Slieve Buidhe puts on her hood Ballybeg will be in flood."
8. When the crows are noisy we will have wind
9. A gold circle round the moon indicates a storm
10. The crickets chirrupping sharply foretell rain
11. A white circle round the moon indicates rain and the farther away from the moon the circle the nearer the rain.
12. When sea birds fly inland stormy weather is at hand.
13. Smoke rising upward = fine weather - falling down = foul weather
