School: Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ailís Eibhlín de Brún
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- Weather Lore.
Winter's thunder
Summer's hunger.
Summer's thunder
Milk and meal.
If the broc (always used for badger in the district) sees his own shadow on Candlemas Day, there will be bad weather for three months.
A good February curses all the other months of the year.
As the day lengthens, the cold strengthens.
The people in this district have a lot of beliefs with regards to the weather. Some of the signs are observed in the sky; others in the animals, and others in the birds.
In the evenings if the sky is red, it is a sign of approaching bad weather and wind. When the clouds are black, and are floating very low,(continues on next page)
