School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)
- Location:
- An Léana Mór, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Brian Mac Tomas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 217
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- (continued from previous page)A coppery yellow sunset is a sign of rain. A halo around the moon is a sure sign of rain. A local belief as regards the halo is "The farther the circle the nearer the rain, and the nearer the circle the farther the rain" A rainbow in the west indicates that bad weather is coming to us. A rainbow is the east is a sign that the rain is going away from us. When swallows fly high fine weather may be expected; but when they fly low and close to the ground rain is approaching.
When sea-gulls come to the land stormy and rainy weather are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O' Gara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Coillín Crúbach, Co. an Longfoirt
