School: Naas (Mercy Convent) (roll number 15040)
- Location:
- Naas, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 342
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- When cows gather together under trees it is a sign of rain.
Other rain signs are: - when fowl pick at each other, when sheep feed early in the morning, when spiders creep from their cobwebs, when a person kills a spider, when the sun sets pale, when moon hides it's head in haloes, when rainbow shows itself early in the morning.
"A rainbow at morning
to the shepherds warning
But a rainbow at night
Is the shepherds delight"
When ditches smell, when walls are damp, when a dog eats grass, smoke ascending from a chimney in a crooked manner, a dark clouded sky, when certain birds are seen in the vicinity of your house.
Signs for fine weather: - a clear sky in the morning and a rainbow at night.
- Collector
- Patricia Meade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Poplar Square, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Poplar Square, Co. Kildare
