School: Calary, Bray
- Location:
- Calary Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Bean de Faoite
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 096
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if the wind blows from the north it is a sign that the weather will be hard and frosty.
When the sun sets in a ball of red + golden clouds it is a sure sign of damp weather. If the sun gets very hot + then gets very cool again it is a of heavy thunder showers. When the sun rises in a ring of black clouds tinted with gold it is a sign of a showery day.
The bigger the circle around the moon the nearer the storm. When the moon rises out of dark clouds it is a sure sign that the next day will be wet + gloomy. If the moon rises red it is a sign that the morrow will be find and dry.
When the moon goes to bed it is a sign of rain and dreary weather.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice Sutton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr J. Sutton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
