School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- When there is a mist over Lake Sheelin there is to be a storm or when the cat sits with her back to the fire.
When the hens pick their feathers and when the distant hills look near it is the sign of rain.
When old people's bones pain them and when the tables and chairs creak it is the sign of rain. When frogs spawn in the middle of a pond it is the sign of a bad summer and when they spawn at the edge of a pond it is the sign of a good summer.
- Collector
- Ethna Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ramonan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Patrick Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Ramonan, Co. Cavan
