School: Leatbeg (roll number 16146)
- Location:
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mrs Peoples
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- (continued from previous page)of rain.
When the cat sits near the fire washing her face with her paws it is a sign of rain.
When crickets chirp loudly it is a sign of rain.
When soot falls it is a sign of rain.
When the curlews are flying over the land and let sudden squeels it is a sign of rain.
When the swallows fly high it is a sign of good weather.
When the swallows fly low it is a sign of bad weather.
The sun and moon get a muddy pale colour before rain comes.
Stars twinkle in the sky before frost.
John Morrow.
6.. 1.. 1938
Told by my father William Morrow, Leatbeg, Carrigart, Co. Donegal, Ireland on Friday night 31st Dec 1937. Aged 59 years. Born and reared and spent all his life in Leatbeg.
- Collector
- John Morrow
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- William Morrow
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Leat Beg, Co. Donegal
