School: Kilnaleck (B.)
- Location:
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 097
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- A blue blaze in the fire is a sign that rain is coming.
If there is a circle round the moon storm is coming.
If a new moon comes on a Saturday you will have rain for that month
One Saturday's moon is enough in forty years.
If it rains on Bunlahy fair it will rain for forty days.
If you hear the train at Ballywillan it is a sign of rain.
If the smoke goes up the chimney straight it is a sign of good weather.
If the midges are biting on a summer's evening the weather is going to be bad.
If there are many stars in the sky at night it is a sign of a frost.
If the swallows are flying low it is a sign of rain.
If there is a rain-bow in the sky it is a sign that the earth will never be flooded again.
When the cuckoo sings on a bare thorn,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peter Martin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
