School: Northyard (roll number 10218)
- Location:
- Northyard, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 342
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- (continued from previous page)good weather. Sheep and goats up high on a mountain fortell fine weather, but when they descend it betokens rain. The cricket sings loudly in the chimney corner when rain is approaching, and the fishes in the river jump and bite at the little flies.
On a summer's evening when large crowds of insects are seen flying about it denotes rain. When it is going to rain smoke ascends straight to the sky from the chimney tops, and there is a blue flame in the fire.
