School: St Mura's, Burnfoot
- Location:
- Tievebane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gáibhtheacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 217
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- The people in the country know more about the weather than city people. They know the signs of the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, the birds the animals and the clouds. They depend more on the weather than city people.Signs of Rain:
1. When a dog eats grass.
2.When soot falls down the chimney
3. When the hills look near us.
4. When the birds fly low near land
5.When the clouds float about in the sky.
6.When the cat washes behind her ears.Signs of Storm1. When the cat sits with her back to the fire.
2. When cattle gather together in a field.
3. When wild geese fly inland
4. When there is a far off ring across the moon.
5. When the clouds gather thick and black.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ita Mc Glynn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr John Dobbins
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15190
- Occupation
- Postman
- Address
- Burnfoot, Co. Donegal
