School: Sraithíní (roll number 17145)

Location:
Sraheens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ní Dhuinnshleibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121B, Page 05_003

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121B, Page 05_003

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    8. If the day is going to be wet the cows horses and asses go near the ditch and turn their backs to the wind and rain
    9. When we are going to have rain the hens pick themselves and go under cover.
    10. When we are going to have rain the cats stay near the fire.
    11. If the smoke goes up straite we will have fine weather
    12. If soot falls down the chimney we will have fine weather
    13. If the sky is red and very bright at night we will have a storm
    14. If the birds fly lo we will have rain.
    15. The dogs eat grass when we are going to have rain
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    David Roughneen
    Gender
    Male