School: Charleville, Tullamore
- Location:
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Bhealóg
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- (continued from previous page)a bad sign.
When he wag tails come to the door in the morning it is a bad sign.
The wood-cutter is able to know when we are going to have good summer, for there is a proverb that says
"If the ash before the oak,
We are sure to have a soak
But if the oak before the ah,
We will only have a splash.
- When there are small dark clouds around the moon it is a sign of rainy weather, when there e are no clouds around the moon it is a sign of fine weather.
When there are thousands of stars in the sky it is a sign of frosty weather.
When there are a lot of dark clouds about the sky that seem very near it will soon rain. When a rainbow is sen after a shower it will be fine weather. When the sky(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bella Gamage
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Gamage
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Charleville Demesne, Co. Offaly
