School: Coillte Mághach (roll number 12520)
- Location:
- Kiltamagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 166
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- (continued from previous page)sky is taken to portend rain. When the sun is pale at sunset rain is said to follow. A halo round the sun or moon is considered a bad sign, while a stripe of white clouds across sky is thought to bring rain within twenty-four hours.More reliance appears to be placed on the moon as an indication of forthcoming weather. though these signs depend less on the appearance of the moon itself than on the times it enters on its different phases.Twinkling stars in unsettled weather indicate its continuance while in fine weather in winter they portend frost.White, woolly clouds indicate thunder, hail or snow showers in winter, and a tendency to thunder showers in warm summer weather.A rainbow in the morning is taken to mean unsettled weather, but in the evening has an opposite signification.The wind in our country is considered a good indicator of forthcoming weather. When it moves clockwise(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máirtín Ó Cearbhaill
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bellanacurra, Co. Mayo
