School: Bán-Tír (B.) (roll number 2803)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Síothcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 512
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- 1. When soot falls down the chimney rain is near
2 A double rainbow - rain, and broken weather.
3 The Wild Geese flying East - rain
4. When smoke curls in the door - rain
5. When the roads dry very quickly after rain, it is a sure sigh of further rain.
6 Flashes of Sheet Lightning in abundance - sure rain.
7 When cows run from the flies in warm weather - rain
8. Fog in the morning - good weather
9 A red sky in the evening, fine day tomorrow.
10 When rabbits frisk in the early evenings - fine weather.
11 When spring water rises in the road - dry weather
12 When the birds sing very late - continuous fine weather
13 When the "Gabhairín Rúadh" is heard late at night, it is asure sign of prolonged fine weather.
14 When the curlew calls once only - fine weather
15 When the river can be plainly heard at a distance it indicates coming frost.
16 Bright stars early in the evening - frost
17 When the train may be heard many miles away - frost.
18 When mist gathers inside the window panes - frost
19 When the fog rises from the river early in the evening, frost is sure to follow.
20 When the cat or dog want to force their way into the house, a thunder-storm is at hand.
- Collector
- George O' Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killavoy, Co. Cork
