School: Bilboa (roll number 11331)
- Location:
- Bilboa, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Muriel Collier
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 131
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- Practically all the people in my district are farmers. As farmers are always depending on the weather for their crops they have certain signs by which they know what kind the weather is going to be. The following are some weather signs.
When streamers come from the sun in the evening it is a sign of rain.
When there is a bright circle around the moon this is also a sign of rain.
When there are dark clouds lying low in the sky this is another sign of rain.
They say"a rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Burroughs
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clogrenan, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mr John Sutton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Clogrenan, Co. Carlow
