School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 483
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- (continued from previous page)(38 ) If you see a pigs tial curled it is a sing of frost.
(39) If you hear a duck quacking its a sign of rain.
(40) When the clouds is grey and low it is a sign of rain.
(41) If the smoke goes up straight its a sign of good weather.
(42) If you see old crows lying on houses or walls it is a sign of rain.
(43) To see the clouds rolling by very fast it is a sign of bad weather.
(44) To see the hedge sparrows, robins and black birds hopping around the houses is a sign of bad weather.
(45) When it gets cold and chilly it is a sign of bad weather.
(46) If the mountains appear near it is a sign of bad weather.
(47) If the cat plays outside the door that is a sign of good weather.A Wet And Windy May
Fills The haggards with corn and hay"the floods in may take the smolts away"
