School: Domhnach Maighin (roll number 15142)
- Location:
- Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Pádraic Ua Muirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 136
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- 1) When you hear an ass braying loudly it is a sign of rain.2) When you see a crows of swallows flying together.3) When you see a crowd of starlings flying low.4) When you see a dog eating grass.5) When a cement floor gets damp.6) When you the curlews whistling.7) When the frogs change their colour to black.8) A rainbow in the morning is the shephards warning.9) If it rains on St. Swithin's day it will rain for forty days and forty nights after.10) To see a cat sharpening his nails on a tree.11) When you see a ring round the moon12) When you see smoke rising straight from a chimney
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrifly, Co. Monaghan
