School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)
- Location:
- Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hugh McKee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1114, Page 7
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- A rainbow on a Saturday is the sign of rain for the next week. When the wind is blowing from the west or south-west it is always for rain in this district. Streamers from the sun in the evenings pointing to the earth are a sign of rain and if they are going upwards it is for dry weather. To see a ring round the moon is the sign of a storm. A redness in the sky in the evening is the sign of wind. When you see the stars shooting it is a sign of frost. In the time of bad weather there is no greater sign than the rocks on the hill glittering(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Eskaheen, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr James Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Eskaheen, Co. Donegal
