School: Ferbane (B.)
- Location:
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 165
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- Signs of rain:
When the ring is far apart from the moon.
If a rainbow is in the sky in the morning.
When the crows are skitting up and down.
When the swallows are flying low.
When sheep are lying down in the morning.
A red sky in the morning.
When midges are eating one's face, hands, and legs.
When a cat sits with her back to the fire.
When a cat sits in a girl's lap.
Signs of good weather:
When the midges are up high.
A red sky at night.
When a cat sits in a mans lap.
Sign of wind.
When the dust is flying along the road.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Miss Gleeson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ferbane, Co. Offaly
