School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)
- Location:
- Adamstown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Donnchadh Cuirtéis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0899, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)the sign of wet weather.11 When far away hills look near it is the sign of rain.12 When snipe are heard whistling it is a sign of rain.13 When the crickets are heard singing in the hob it is a sign of rain.14 When a frog or a beetle it is a sign that the coming weather will be wet.15 When the seagulls light on the land, it is the sign of rain.
There is an old saying, which runs as follows :
16 "Seagulls, seagulls sitting on the strand,
We'll have no fine weather, when you'll come to the land."17 When frogs change their colour, it is a sign of rain.18 When you see the sheep grazing anxiously in the middle of the field it is the sign of rain.19 When a cement floor weeps, and when salt weeps, it is a sign of rain.20 When there is a circle around the moon, it is a sign of rain.21 When the sheep are lying down(continues on next page)
