Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   Weather-lore
   Signs of bad weather -

   1. When the frog has on his dark coat
   2. When the waterflies are at bottom of well
   3. When the swallow fly low
   4. When the hills seem near
   5. When the train 'sounds' near
   6. When the waterfall or stream 'sounds' near
   7. When the fog comes down the hill
   9. When the smoke does not rise 'straight' from chimney
   10. When the cat sits with back to the fire
   12. When the floors and walls are weeping
   13. When the salt is moist
   14. When there is a blue flame in the fire
   15. Pains and aches (old people and rheumatics)
   16. When the bolts (door) and lock rattles
   17. When the soot falls
   18. When the dust rises on the road
   19. When the sea-gulls come inland [I saw 2 this morning 25/x/37]
   20. Sudden and unexpected storms coming when hens retire to their roosts at unseeming hours and when the birds are as silent as the grave.
   This also happens to my own knowledge when the centre of an anti-cyclone is passing
   21. Hens rooting and picking themselves
   22. 'Loud quack' of the ducks.
   23. The snipe 'bleating' sign of frost

   

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