School: Na Creaga
- Location:
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Breandáin
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- (continued from previous page)towards us, then we will certainly have rain. A bright ring around the moon is a sign of a storm. If the stars twinkle brightly we will have frost.
The following is a verse I got from an old person,
" A rainbow in the morning
Is a shepherds warning
A rainbow at night
Is the shepherds delight"
When an old person wants to know exactly what direction the wind is blowing from he wets a finger and holds it in the air.- Collector
- Eddie Fitzmaurice
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway