School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr M. Peadar
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- A red sky in the night is a shepherd's delight, and a red sky in the morning is a shepherd's warning.
When seagulls fly inland it is a sign of a storm. If they fly around a river it is a sign of rain. When smoke rises straight out of a chimney on a winter's night it is freezing. If it curls it is a sign of rain or snow.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Miss Maureen Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
