School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)start to eat on the hills when good weather is coming. Dogs and cats sleep when rain is coming, and the cat sits with her back to fire and washes her self.
- When the soot falls down the chimney it is a sign of rain, and the smoke often fills the kitchen instead of going up. Before rain comes we see a blue blaze in the fire, after rain the smoke goes up straight in the air, and it is a sign of good weather. In some houses crickets sing more before rain comes, and anyone having pains feels them worse than usual.
- Collector
- Willie Roundtree
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Michael Traynor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Togher, Co. Cavan
- There are many local beliefs as to the weather signs, if the sun is clear red when it is going down in the evening it is a(continues on next page)
