School: Carrowbeg (roll number 10754)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   Puss on the hearth with velvet paws sits wiping ever her whisker jaws
   Loud quacks the duck the peacock cries the distant hills are looking nigh, it a sign of rain
   The walls are damp the ditches smell, closed is the pink eyed pimpernel, this a sign of rain
   If a cow shakes herself it is a sign of rain
   Falling stars at night are a sign of rain
   Streamers from the sun is a sign of rain
   If the clouds are dark or one under the other it is a sign of rain.
   If you see the dust flying off the roads it is a sign of rain
   If you see swarms of midges on a summer's evening it is a sign of rain.
   The west is the wind that brings most rain to my district.
   March dust and April showers bring May flowers
   When the north wind blows we shall have snow
   If sheep are to be seen all standing behind a ditch in the corner of a field it is a sure sign of coming rain or snow.
   When the water-hens build high up in the river banks it is a sure sign of a very bad wet summer.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Constance A. Norris

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bun an Phobail, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Joe Hutchinson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gleann Daoile, Co. Dhún na nGall

   Informant

   Robert Hutchinson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gleann Daoile, Co. Dhún na nGall