School: Rathpeacon, Blackpool, Corcaigh (roll number 11761)
- Location:
- Rathpeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 348
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- Certain signs of rainbows or animals or dogs or cats indicate the kind of weather we are going to have.
If a rainbow is seen in the morning it is a sign of rain for the day, but if a rainbow is seen in the evening it is the sign of a fine night.
If you could hang your cap on the corner of the moon, it is a sign of bad weather. When the cat puts his back to the fire it is the sign of a rainy day. When the wind blows from the south or south east it is a sign of rain.
If the seagulls fly inland it is a sign of a stormy day and if the clouds roll fast in the sky it is a sign of a storm too.
If the shunting of the engine is heard a long way off it is a sign of frost or if a a ring is seen around the moon it is also a sign of frost. If distant hills look near it is a sign of rain. When rain is near birds fly low. The insects are seen in large numbers, they sting the cattle and the cattle run away.
- Collector
- Joan Leader
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rahanisky, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Daniel Leahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Farm-labourer
- Address
- Ballinvarrig, Co. Cork
