School: Clonfinlough, Athlone
- Location:
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 240
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- A cat sharpening her claws on timber is a sign of rain.
A dog eating grass is a (sgi) sign of rain.
Soot falling is a sign of rain.
When cattle graze early in the morning it is a sign of a wet day.
The South West wind is called the rainy point in this district.
When old people are bad with rheumatism they'll say it is near rain.
Other people say we are near rain when a corn pains.
When clocks, spiders and black snails, creep out the rain is near.
Hens loosen out their feathers with their bills before rain comes.
If the cock crows on a wet day the day will clear.
Goat hair on the sky is a sign of rain.
The sun shining on one field and not on another is the sign of a shower.
A sunny shower never lasts a half an hour.
A purple blaze in the fire is a sign of wind.
A very red sky is a sign of wind.
Sea-gulls come into land when there is a storm at sea.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Lizzie Edwards
- Gender
- Female
- Collector
- Rosie Corrigan
- Gender
- Female
