School: An Ghráinseach
- Location:
- Gransha More, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Nic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 096
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- Soot falling is a sign of rain
Another sign of bad weather is to hear peacocks crying
A ring round the moon is the sign of rain
When spiders creep from their webs, it is a sign of good weather
When it is blue over the mountains it is a sign of rain in the "inlands"
The clouds goung quickly round the sky denote rain.
The crow go nearly to the ground when flying and the swallows do the same when rain is near.
The duscks quack loudly, the fire burns badly and the cat sits with her back to the fire when rain is coming.
A sign of good weather is a mist or frost at night A nother sign of good weather is the crows fly high when going home
Cattle on the hill is a sign of good weather
When stars shoot and the fire burns brightly it is a sign of frost.
- Collector
- Gerald Mc Coey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullanacloy, Co. Monaghan
