School: An Clochar, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 5636)
- Location:
- Clogher, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Bríd
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- (continued from previous page)looks lightly o'er his "whisker jaws".
When the cricket whistles, it is also a sign of bad weather. If the donkey eats with his back to the ditch, rain is at hand. If a train is heard from a far off distance, rain is to be expected. The ants when seen in large numbers on the roads or walls, foretell the nearness of rain.
The southern wind brings most rain to this district. Smoke blowing down the chimney is also a sign of rain, if the smoke goes in a straight line up from the chimney, it is a a sign of dry weather.
A fog on "Muisire" is a sure sign of bad weather, and a fog on the river, a sign for good weather.
Horses' tails when seen in the sky before twilight are an indication of bad weather and fishes' scales seen in the sky an omen for good weather. A red glow in the sky if seen in the east, a sign of bad weather, and if seen in the west, an omen for good weather.
The waterfall sounds much louder, when a frosty night is forth-coming. Distant hills seem much nearer, when rain is coming.
- Collector
- Nell Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dunmanway, Co. Cork
