School: Kildavin, Ferns

Location:
Kildavin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 147

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    and lightning as it is believed that goats can see the approach of thunder before we can hear it.
    The birds can by their actions tell the kind of weather that is coming. When the crows all cluster together and go flying across the sky, cawing, and come swooping down in droves, that is a sure sign of stormy weather. To see a robin or any small bird coming in to the dwelling houses looking for food a sign of very hard weather.
    When we see the wild geese coming up from Wexford to the Bog of Allen, flying very high up in the sky and screaming as they go in a big angle, it is a sure sign of fine dry weather.
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  2. A rainbow at morning is the shepherd's warning, a rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. When the smoke goes up straight from the chimney it is a sign of fine weather, when smoke goes west it is a sign of snow, when it goes north it is a sign of rain, when it goes south
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matty Roberts
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mr J. Roberts
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Occupation
    Carpenter
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow