School: Droim Caorthainn
- Location:
- Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 101
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- (continued from previous page)People with rheumatism are great weather fore-tellers. When rain is coming their joints become stiff and sore and as the weather becomes good their joints improve also.
When the wind blows from the North-East in this district it brings stormy weather.
It is a sure sign of frost to see the stars shining brightly.
"An evening red and a morning grey set the traveller on his way. An evening grey and a morning red pours down on the traveller's head."
Those weather signs are believed to be true.
The old people call the harvest moon Gealach na gCoinnleach and they say that it is the brightest moon in the year.
If the harvest moon stands on its foot it is a sign that there will be a good and plentiful harvest.
