School: Cullahill (C.), Rathdowwney (roll number 13137)
- Location:
- Cullahill, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs Baird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)sits wiping o'er his whiskered jaws". "The fire looks black, and the soot falls down" outside we notice that the birds are flying low, "Loud quack the ducks". "The sea-gulls cry", "The distant hills are looking nigh". The sheep are grazing quickly, the clouds look dull and grey, the wind blows from the south, and very soon we have a downpour. In the morning, too, a reddening in the sky denotes rain, while a red sky, when the golden sun sinks, is a forecast of a glorious morrow. A rainbow is also a guide. "A rainbow in the morning is a shepherd's warning, A rainbow in the night is the shepherd's delight".
Other signs of rain as seen from the heavens are that, A circle round the moon denotes rain, when the stars run in the sky. A Saturday's moon comes seven years too soon.
- Collector
- Nell Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballykealy, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs James Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Ballykealy, Co. Laois
