School: Machaire Áirne
- Location:
- Magherarny, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0945, Page 173
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- the signs of the wet weather are
If the smoke falls round the chimney.
If the soot falls down the chimney.
If a dog eats grass
If the swallows are dipping low
If the duck quacks
If the goat comes home
When a robin sings low down on the branch late in the evening
A ring round the moon
Far-off thunder is near hand rain
When a frog changes his colour form yellow to rust
When the cricket sings
When a cat sits with her back to the fire
When a peacock cries
When the mist goes up early in the morning
When the sky is red in the morning
When old people have Rheumatism paining them.
When the curlew is shouting
When you see the heron on the bog
When the cat is licking the pot(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Magherarny, Co. Monaghan
