School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)
- Location:
- Carrigans, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 39
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- (continued from previous page)Soot becomes loose in the chimneys and falls down before rain.
If the clouds around the setting sun have a red colour there will be a fine day on the next day, and if they are golden there will be rain on the next day.
When swallows fly low there is rain approaching, but when high there will be fine weather.
If the leaves are not on the trees before the cuckoo comes there will be a bad season.
They say that if there are plenty of haws it is the sign of a good winter. If there are plenty of sloes(continues on next page)
