School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 206
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- (continued from previous page)68. When swallows fly very low it is a sure sign of rain.
- 69 If you hear a thrush singing on a dark evening, it is a sign of storm. If it started to rain, and the hens did not go in to a house but stopped out in the rain, it is a sign that it is not going to continue raining.
70 In winter if you see a large flock of crows in a field, it is a sign that the next day will be wet.
71 If geese are on a river in the evening and if there is a flood going to rise that night, or if it is going to be a bad night, they will leave the river and get shelter - Collector
- Charlie O Beirne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumrane, Co. Leitrim
- Rooks
One is unlucky,
Two is lucky,
Three is health,
Four is wealth,
Five is sickness,
Six is death
