School: Naomh Coinneach, Borris-in-Ossory (roll number 13953)
- Location:
- Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois
- Teacher: R. Ó Caoimh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0829, Page 272
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)air with their wings spread out it is easy to know that rain is at hand.
When bees are to be seen flocking back to the hive and very few going out it is about to rain.
When the insects gather in clusters under trees near the ground in the evening there will be rain the next day.
When the frogs turn a rusty brown colour there will be rain shortly
When the curlews cry loudly in the bogs rain is coming.
When the goat and the sheep bleat loudly it is a sign of sudden showers.
Loud quack the ducks and the peacocks cry and the distant hills are looking nie, this is also another sign of rain.
When it is raining, if the hens stay in the sheds the rain will not continue and if they come out in the rain it will continue.
When we hear the Summer goat crying in the bogs we may know that we will have fine dry weather.
A clear sky at night with a large number of stars visible is taken as an indication of fine weather the following day.
When the cat sits with his back to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philip Quinlan
- Gender
- Male
