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School: St. Anne's (B.)

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Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Mac an t Saoir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1012, Page 133

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  1. Weather-Lore - Sings of Bad Weather (continued)

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    When an animal stands with its back to a ditch.
    When a cat drinks water.
    When ducks quack.
    Signs of God Weather
    When the sky is red in the evening.
    When the smoke of the chimney goes up perpendicularly at night.
    When you see a red star in the evening.
    When swallows fly high
    A high and clear sky.
    Blue clouds in the sky.
    A heavy due in the morning
    When the curfews whistle in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Emmet Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bailieborough, Co. Cavan