School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)
- Location:
- Ceann Toirc, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 573
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- (continued from previous page)farm animals go to the shelter if they notice any change in the weather. If there is a blue flame in the fire it is a sign of rain.This is a little verse about the weather.
"Ceó ar Muisre, 's Clárach lom,
Cómartha soininne is féarr ar domhan."
- The old people had no weather cooks had a lots of ways of telling whether the day was going to be fine, wet, or stormy.
If they saw cattle lying down in a field, they knew the day was going to be wet, because the cattle wanted a dry place to lie on when it rained.
If they saw curlew flying towards the sea, they would say there would be storms inland, and if they saw the curlew flying inland they knew that there would be stormy weather on the coast.
If they heard a woodcock or(continues on next page) - Collector
- James O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Miss Margaret Nagle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ceann Toirc, Co. Chorcaí
