School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 142
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- 1. A year of sloe is a year of woe.
2. A ring round the moon : rain
3. When the swallows fly low : rain.
4. The wind from the North : snow.
5. When the sheep come down from the mountain and take shelter : storm.
6. A mist on the mountain : bad weather.
7. Mist in the valley : good weather.
8. Stars twinkle on frosty nights.
9. When the sun sets red : good weather.
10. A rainbow in the morning is a shepherds warning, a rainbow at night is a shepherds delight.
11. When the distant hills look near : rain.
12. When the soot falls down : rain.
13. Wind from the South : rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crosná, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Thomas Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Crosná, Co. Ros Comáin
