School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 250
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- If you meet a brown snail it is said that it is to be fine weather and if you meet a black one it is said that we are to have rain.
If the sheep is in the middle of the field it is the sign of fine weather and when they are in the shelter it is the sign of bad weather.
If there is a fog in the morning and if it goes into the land it is the sign of fine weather and if it goes up again it is the sign of bad weather.
If the sky is starry at night it is the sign of frost.
If it is a very calm and cold night it is said that it is going to snow.
When the wind geese fly to the ponds it is the sign of hardship. When the swallows are flying low it is the sign of rain.
When the donkey brays at night it is the sign of rain.
When there are many haws on the bushes it is the sign of a frosty and snowy winter.
The circle round the moon is the sign of broken wet weather.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Carter
- Gender
- Female
