School: Cullahill (C.), Rathdowwney (roll number 13137)
- Location:
- Cullahill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs Baird
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- (continued from previous page)nigh, it is also a very bad sign.
"A rainbow seen in the sky at night is a shepherd's delight", and a "rainbow in the morning is a shepherd's warning".
The birds are also signs of good and bad weather. If seagulls are seen on the land, a violent storm is apt to rage on the sea, and when crows and starlings gather together, it is a sign the weather is broken.
When birds fly low and close to the ground, we are supposed to get bad weather for a time, but when they fly high, fine weather is at hand and apt to continue.
When smoke goes up straight from a chimney, it is a sign of good weather, but when it blows to the ground it denotes rain.
Cattle, grazing early in the morning, is a sign of a rainy day, as they set to work before the rain comes.
If the cat sits with its back to the fire, we are supposed to be very near wet weather.
These are only the signs of man, but(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bessie Freeman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullahill, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr James Kells
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Farm-labourer
- Address
- Cullahill, Co. Laois
