School: Béal na Bláth, Maghcromtha (roll number 12458)
- Location:
- Bealnablath, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0340, Page 239
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- (continued from previous page)When a cat washes himself near the fire we will have rain, and if he turns his tail to the fair we will have hard, cold weather.
When a dog eats grass it is a sign of rain.
When a cow goes into a field and lies down immediately we will have rain.
If the wind blows the dust off the roads we are not far from rain. "The spiders from their cobwebs creep," and the ants are good for judging the weather.
If the smoke from houses fall to the ground immediately we will have rain.
So everything in this life is good for judging the weather.
- Collector
- Helen Lennihan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Laghtneill, Co. Cork
