School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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- Weather Lore
1. When the wtaerdries away very quickly it is the sign of more rain.
2. When a cement floor gets wet without spilling anything on it is the sign of rain.
3. When a cock's roach crosses the floor it is the sign of rain.
4. When the sky iscovered with big white heaps of stuff like sheep it is the sign of snow.
5. When the cat crosses her ears it is the sign of rain.
Mary Duggan
8th April 1938
- 1. When rain is coming the hens dress their feathers.
2. When the sun rises too early in the morning it is a sign of rain.
3. Their the pink flower called the cats eye if it is closed at two o'clock there will be rain before two o'clock the next day. Maura Smith
8th April 1938 - Collector
- Maura Smith
- Gender
- Female
