School: Killymarley (roll number 15398)
- Location:
- Killymarly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chléirigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 229
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- A dark sky.
A red sky in the morning.
Goats hairs on the sky.
Rainbow in the morning.
Pink clouds in the morning which drop toward the horizon.
A pale sunset.
A blinking sun.
A coppery sunset.
Streamers from the sun.
A bright sunrise.
A bruach round the moon.
A far-away bruach, a near-hand storm.
The moon on its back.
Shooting or falling stars.
Few stars to be seen.
North wind - frost and snow.
East wind - cold, hard, dry weather.
South or South West wind rain.
South wind, brings rain.
North wind, brings frost.
West wind, the weather at its best.
East wind, neither good for man nor beast."(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bobbie Boyd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellanagall, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Johnny Boyd
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellanagall, Co. Monaghan
