School: Grangegeeth (roll number 2630)
- Location:
- Gráinseach na Gaoithe, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Seósaimhín, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- (continued from previous page)are always hungry when there is going to be a storm.
57. If insects are crawling about the floor, its a sign of a storm.
58. When we see the Martin it is a sign of a storm.
59. When the thrush sits on the topmost branch of a tree the weather will be fine, when he sits on the middle it will be wet weather.
60. In wooded areas one can always tell the approach of a thunderstorm by the silence of the birds and a hush over everywhere.
61. When there are a lot of stars in the sky there will be frost.
62. To see the sun drowned in the sky is a sign of rain.
63. It is a sign of snow to see the birds coming in to the house.
64. To see the starling with crows is a sign of a storm.
65. "A fog on the hill bad weather still
A fog in the hollow a fine day to morrow."
