School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 181
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- (continued from previous page)the ditches full of snow."
"When the North winds doth blow then we shall have snow."
"When soot falls down spaniels sleep and spiders from their cobwebs creep" then we shall have rain.
Seagulls flying inland is a sure sign of a storm.
Swallows flying high signify good weather ; flying low means bad & stormy weather.
Clouds passing quickly across the sky denote rain.
When Benbulbin mountain seems near it is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Irene Malley
- Gender
- Female
