School: Cloonmorris (roll number 12496)
- Location:
- Cloonmorris, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael J. Conboy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 129
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- (continued from previous page)dog came in to the house and lay in the corner and would not go out.
On a day the old people woudl be going to draw home the hay they went out early and if the robin was up high in a bush it was going to be a good day. If not they did not draw it in that day.
A great many old sayings are connected with the weather. The following are some of them :-
"Happy is the bride on which the sun shines."
"Long fair, long foul."
"Happy is the corpse which the rain rains on"
"A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight and a rainbow in the morning is the shepherds warning."
"March will search, April will try, and May will tell you whether you'll live or die"
The windy day would not be the day of the scallop."
When chairs or tables crack or creak it is a sign of rain. When the ass begins to bray it is a sign of bad weather.
If the hens come out and begin to peck about on a showery(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Edercloon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Patrick Beirne
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Edercloon, Co. Longford
