School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 116
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- The signs of frost
(1). Starlings scraping the roof the roof, on thatch.
(2). Crows flying high and playing in the sky
(3). Red sky in the west.
(4). When the moon rises in a ball of fire.
(5). When the starts begin to fall.
(6). The sky bright and speckled with stars
(7). When a dog barks at his shadow.
(8). When the noise of the train becomes very plain.
(9). When the wildgeese begin to come in to the verge of the bog.
(10.) When the grouse begin to cackle very loudly.
(11.) If you see a blue blaze in the fire.
(12). A circle around the moon.
(13). When the birds flutter in the trees.
(14). When a wag-tail comes to the top of the chimney,
(15). When you see sparks coming out of a horses foot.
(16). Jog over streams or rivers.
(17). Black birds calling loudly.
(18). When the wind is coming from the north.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosie Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
