School: Drumacruttan (roll number 10282)
- Location:
- Drumacruttan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Rreard A. Maclyam
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 205
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- When swallows fly high it is a sign of good weather and low is a sign of bad weather. A rainbow or a red sky in the morning is a sign of bad weather and a rainbow or a red sky at night is a sign of good weather. The north wind brings snow. South wind brings fair weather. East wind brings frost. West wind brings rain. When a storm is coming seagulls, starlings, crows fly in flocks.
When seagulls fly over land it is a sign of storm at sea. Sometimes the blaze of a fire in blue when storm is coming. A wide ring around the moon is a sign of rain.
When there is a mist on the hills in the south it is a sign of fine weather and when there is no mist it is a sign of bad(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Edwin Henderson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr J. Berry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan
