School: An Cnoc, Clanna Caoilte
- Location:
- Knocks, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liatháin
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- 1) A sure sign of rain is when the wind falls south and heavy clouds rise from the sea.
2) Another sign of rain is when fog appears in the valleys in the morning.
3) When the swallow flies low, rain is expected.
4) Another sign rain is when the smoke comes down to the ground
5) Another sure sign of rain when you would hear distinctly sounds on a frosty night, such as rivers
6) Another sign is when the soot is falling
7) Other signs of rain are when the clouds are red to the east in the morning or a mackeral sky or when the crows are noisy and come whirling down out of the air.- Collector
- Diarmuid Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carhoovauler, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr John Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carhoovauler, Co. Cork