School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 117
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(19) When the smoke rises up straight out of the chimney.
(20) When you can see your breath.
Signs of Rain
(1) When the spiders creep from their cobwebs.
(2) When the flies disturb the cattle.
(3) When the crickets sing.
(4) When soot falls down the chimney.
(5) When the crickets come out searching for food.
(6) When ducks are quacking very loudly.
(7) When worms creep across the road.
(8) When the crows fly low going home.
(9) The sun going down to a back cloudes.
(10) If you see the sky red over Dublin.
(11) When you see a lot of flies in the house.
(12) When a hen picks her feathers.
(13) When a cat sits with her tail in the fire.
(14) When flying ants are swarmed together on a rock.
(15) When wood-lice creep up a wall.
(16) When bees come through the window.
(17) When clocks are got on the turf.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosie Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
