School: Tamhnach, Inis

Location:
Toonagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Proinnsias Gordún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 111

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 111

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    If the sky is red where the sun sets it is a sign of rain.
    If there were ants on the road it would be a sign of rain.
    If the sun is smothered when it is setting it is a sign of rain.
    If the hens were picking their feathers it would be a sign of rain.
    If the wind is coming from the South it is a sign of rain.
    On the twenty fourth of June, the Fair of Spancihill, it is always wet.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Signs of the weather are birds flying low, seagulls coming in to land, soot falling, a ring the moon or a clouded moon. When the meat is wet it is a sign of bad weather or the water bubbling: or to see wild swans, or the cat to sit near the fire with his back to it.
    A mackerel sky is the sign of good weather. Old people feel their corns in
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Daniel Fitzgibbon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Ballygriffy South, Co. Clare