School: Carrowbeg (roll number 10754)
- Location:
- Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Rachel Nic an Ridire
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- (continued from previous page)Puss on the hearth with velvet paws sits wiping ever her whisker jaws
Loud quacks the duck the peacock cries the distant hills are looking nigh, it a sign of rain
The walls are damp the ditches smell, closed is the pink eyed pimpernel, this a sign of rain
If a cow shakes herself it is a sign of rain
Falling stars at night are a sign of rain
Streamers from the sun is a sign of rain
If the clouds are dark or one under the other it is a sign of rain.
If you see the dust flying off the roads it is a sign of rain
If you see swarms of midges on a summer's evening it is a sign of rain.
The west is the wind that brings most rain to my district.
March dust and April showers bring May flowers
When the north wind blows we shall have snow
If sheep are to be seen all standing behind a ditch in the corner of a field it is a sure sign of coming rain or snow.
When the water-hens build high up in the river banks it is a sure sign of a very bad wet summer.- Collector
- Constance A. Norris
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Joe Hutchinson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Robert Hutchinson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal