School: Ráthdubháin (roll number 9385)
- Location:
- Ráth Dhubháin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Múinneacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 006
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- It is considered a bad sign of the weather when the wind changes too often in the same day.
If the sun goes down very pale in the evening, it is a sign of rain the following day.
When there is a halo around the moon it is a sign of bad weather approaching.
When the sky is red at sunset it is a sign of fine weather approaching and when it is yellow it is a sign of fine weather.
The dogs are often seen eating grass on the approach of rain.
It is a sure sign of approaching rain when we see Wild Geese flying towards the west.
The swine are restless and the flies disturb the kine on the approach of rain.
A rainbow on Saturday is considered a bad omen for the weather the following week.
When the swallows fly low it is a sign of bad weather, but when they fly high it is thought that fine weather is approaching.
Stormy and rainy weather is usually approaching when seagulls assemble on the land.
- Informant
- C. Ó Deasmumuigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Cheapach, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Domhnall Ó Buachalla
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tuar Buaine, Co. Chorcaí
