School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)

Location:
Galbally, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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  1. There are many things which we see and hear in the our everyday life, that are signs of the weather that is to come.
    It is said that if smoke from the chimneys goes straight up to the sky we may expect fine weather. If it goes towards the ground it is a sign of rain.
    Conditions of the sky give us a good forecast of the weather. There is an old rhym which tells us:
    "Evening red and morning grey,
    Is a sure sign of a fine day,
    But evening grey and morning red,
    Makes the sailor shake his head."
    A mackerel sky is considered a sure sign of rain. The old people say that "a mackerel sky never told a lie." If a ring is around the moon it is a sign of rain. "The farther the ring the nearer the storm the nearer the ring the farther the storm."
    "A rainbow in the morning is
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymorris, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs A. Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballymorris, Co. Wexford