School: Cloone (B.) (roll number 15442)
- Location:
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
- Teachers: T. Ó Móráin A. Ó Corraidhin
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- (continued from previous page)I then asked John to tell me some weather signs.
He then said that when the wind blows hard from
the north in December it is a sure sign of snow.
If the dog eats grass it is a sign of rain.
If the sky is nice and bright and clear it is
good sign of the weather and if it is black and
cloudy it is a bad sign of the weather. A rainbow
is a sure sign of a rainy day. In June and
July if the weather is very hot it is a signn of
thunder. If the smoke goes up in the air out of the
chimney it is a sign of good weather. if the sea-
guls come in from the sea and fly about the [?]
it is a sign of bad weather and rain. If [?]
cat sleeps a good deal during the day it s always
a sign of rain. In the summer if the swallows
fly low it is a sign of bad weather, and if
they go up high in the air it is a sign of
good weather." He then got up and said that it
was time for him to go home. My father and I got
up and started over work again. We were not very
long working when it started to rain."Ha" said my
father John is no bad judge of the weather. We
then started for home.
- Collector
- Michael F. Bohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraun, Co. Leitrim
