School: Rossbrin, Béal Átha an Dá Chab (roll number 16079)
- Location:
- Rossbrin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cormac Mac Carrthaigh
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- There are a great many signs by which the people of this part of the country judge the weather.
When the wind is blowing from the south or south west, and the sea very rough, this is a sign of rain. When the "out haul" sounds down east, it is the sign of fine weather, but when it sounds in a south westerly direction this is a sign of rain. When the wind is blowing from the north, this is a sign of hard dry weather, and sometimes we have frost and snow. When we have a red sky in the west in the evening it is a sign of fine weather. When we have a red sky in the east in the morning it is the sign of a fine day unless the red sky goes below the horizon in a short time, if it do it is a sign of rain. When the wind is blowing from the east it is a sign of hard dry weather. When the swallows are flying low, and when dogs eat grass, and when there is fog in the ocean, this is a sign of rain.
