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School: Mullagh (B)

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Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
James Drury
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 044

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  1. Weather-Lore (continued)

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    If you see bright stars at night, you will have frost.
    If the wind is coming from the west, you are going to have rain.
    When birds fly about the house, it is a sign of a storm.
    When a mist or a cap is on the top of a hill, we will have rain.
    When a robin is under a branch, it is going to be wet, but, if it is going to be fine weather, he will be on a high branch singing.
    If you see a lot of starlings flying over a wood, we are going to have a storm.
    If the sheep is eating grass in the morning it is a sign of a wet day.
    If you see a dog eating grass it is a sign of rain.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tony Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Martin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan