School: Liathdruim (roll number 369)
- Location:
- Leitrim, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ó Maitiú
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- (continued from previous page)The hens pick their feathers before rain.
A mist in a bog at night is a sign of a warm day.
In dry weather spring wells begin to rise before rain.
Midges bite people when rain is coming.
Bees are cross when rain is coming.
Smoke goes straight up the chimney when we are going to have good weather.
Smoke comes down to the ground when we are going to have rain.
A blue blaze in the fire is a sign of storm.
Black clouds in the north is a sign of thunder.
Wildgeese flying south is a sign of storm; wildgeese flying north is a sign of good weather.
A curlew calling is a sign of rain.
Cattle eating greedly in the evening is a sign of rain.
When a goat looks up at the sky it is a sign of rain.
When crickets sing it is the sign of rain.- Collector
- Owen Mc Caffrey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Carn, Co. Monaghan