School: Coolbock (roll number 8013)
- Location:
- Coolbock, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cathasaigh
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- (continued from previous page)People say if there are blue embers around the fire-side that it is a great sign of bad weather and the cricket heard singing in the hob is another sign of bad weather.
And of the smoke instead of going up the chimney escapes downwards is another sign of wet and stormy weather.
Another good sign is to see a halo or a ring around the sun or the moon which brings rainy weather. When the sea-gulls sit on cocks of hay it is a sign of stormy weather and when they fly high in summer is a sign of bad weather.
People also say if a dog eats grass it is a sign of cold weather.
And when cattle lie close to each other it is also a sign of stormy weather.
When there is a copper or yellow colour around the setting of the sun it is a sign of wet(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Keaney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Riverstown, Co. Sligo
