School: Cloonarrow (roll number 8376)
- Location:
- Cloonarragh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Mhaidín
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“I gathered the following sayings about the seasons.”
I gathered the following sayings about the seasons.
January.
On New Year's Day the daylight lengthens as far as a cock's crow carries. When oak trees bend with snow in January, good crops may be expected.
January 14 will be either the coldest or the wettest day of the year. A January Spring is worth nothing. As long as a bird sings before Candlemas, so long will is wail after it.
February.
All the months in the year will curse a fair February. As long as the sunbeam comes in on Brigid's Day, the snow comes before May Day. On Candlemas Day throw a candle away.
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