School: Clocháin (Cloghans) (roll number 16170)
- Location:
- Cloghans, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 633
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- Signs of Rain
1. The car sits in front of the kitchen fire, with his back towards it.
2. The dog eating grass.
3. The blackbirds fight under the bushes in the evening.
4. When the clouds are low and black.
5. When the hills appear to come near us.
6. When a dark circle surrounds the moon on a bright night.
7. When the crows build their nests on the top branches of the trees it is a sign of a dry summer.
8.Blue flames in the heart of the fire is a sign of rough and wet weather
- Collector
- Patrick J. Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolcran, Co. Mayo
