School: Carrigaline (3) (roll number 12097)
- Location:
- Carrigaline, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Martha Levis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 143
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- (continued from previous page)If there are a lot of stars at night next day will be wet.
If there is a heavy frost for three nights rain usually follows.
The plover makes a noise with its wings like the bleat of a lamb before rainy or rough weather.
When the goats come home before the cows it is going to be wet.
When the cocker dog sleeps all day it is going to be stormy.
When you hear the ducks calling it is going to be wet.
When soot falls it is foretells rain.
When the horse shakes himself before you take off the harness rain is near.
When the cows are leaving the stall on a wet day if they go out quickly it is a sign that it will soon clear, but if they are reluctant to go out the rain will continue.
The cuckoo coming early is a sign of a good summer.
When wild berries are plentiful it is a sign of a very hard winter.
