School: Glassalts (roll number 1239)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   To see the smoke going up straight into the air is a sign of rain.
   When midges are seen in the evening it is a sign of rain.
   Signs of Storm:
   When the cat lies with her back to the fire.
   When the sea makes a terrible noise.
   When the seagulls come from the sea and go to the hills.
   When the crows are sitting in the fields.
   When the sky is red in the west after the sun-sets.
   When two black clouds are together.
   it is a sign of storm when the cows shake themselves.
   Signs of Frost.
   When the sky is very red in the north.
   When the sky is clear.
   To see the breath of the people.
   To see the stars glittering.
   To see the air birds scraping themselves in mould.
   To hear the cock crowing after five oclock in the evening.
   When the hens come in from the fields early in the evening.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. seanchas aimsire (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sarah Nelson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballybeg, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Willie Gill

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Meenabogy, Co. Dhún na nGall