School: Wicklow Convent

Location:
Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
Teachers:
Mrs McCall Sr. M. Martin
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  1. When the seagulls are high up in the air, that is the sign of bad weather.
    When a rain-bow comes in the evening that is the sign of good weather. On a clear day when you can see land from far off that is the sign of bad weather.
    When the wind backs with the sun to the north that is the sign of good weather.
    When the sun rises up red in the morning that is the sign of bad weather.
    When there is a red sky that is the sign of fine weather.
    When the wind backs against the sun that is the sign of bad weather.
    When there is white frost that is the sign of wind and rain
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Richard Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Wicklow, Co. Wicklow