School: An Tuar Mór
- Location:
- Toormore, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0237, Page 225
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- Weather Lore.
Falling stars denote rain
Sky red in east in morning denotes rain.
Nearer Halo round moon the nearer the rain + vice versa.
Swallows fly low when sign of rain.
Crows lying in fields sign of rain.
Cattle lying in bunches close together is sign of rain.
Turkeys stand + 'gobble' when thunder is near
South-west or West wind brings most rain.
Cats or dogs eating grass denotes rain.
Cats scraping trees denotes rain or when Cat sits with back to fire.
A Horse with his back to wall is a sign of rain.
Soot falling down chimney also denotes rain.
Wild geese flying North is a sign of good weather + flying South is a sign of bad weather.
