School: Baile Mac Rabhartaigh (roll number 3978)
- Location:
- Ballymagrorty, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Fiannaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 171
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- (continued from previous page)rain [be rain?].If you hear the curlews whistling in the evening there willbe rain.When there is a cold wind there will be rain.If the sky is red in the morning there will be wet weather.A blue sky without any clouds is a sign of good weather.If there is a ring around the moon a storm is comingsoon.If the stars are bright and twinkling it is freezing.Sometimes a star shoots and it is said that the wind blowsfrom the direction that the star shoots.If the seagulls fly inland there is going to be stormyweather.The sea roars when there is going to be bad weather.If the soot is falling it is a sign of rain.When a crane is seen at a lake it is a sign of bad weather.
- A red sunset is a sign of good weather.If the midges and “clegs” are plentiful there will be rain.When a robin is seen going into old sheds or byres therewill be bad weather.When the smoke goes up straight there will be calmweather.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean Mangan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Birra, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Mangan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Birra, Co. Donegal