School: Ceathramha Chaol (roll number 15834)
- Location:
- Carrowkeel, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 282
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- 1. When there is a rainbow in the sky it is a sign of bad weather.
2. If anybody sees a great number of bright stars at night that is the sign of frost.
3. Shooting stars is the sign of wind.
4. A rainbow is the sign of rain.
5. When there is a ring around the moon that is the sign of a storm.
6. Before a storm the black clouds in the sky gets a pale yellow colour.
7. There is going to be a storm when anybody sees the dog eating grass.
8. The cows go to look for shelter before a storm.
9. If sheep are out in the fields they leave the field to go to look for shelter also, and that is the sign of a storm.
10. When anybody sees the cat scraping(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cabry, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Cabry, Co. Donegal
