School: Brúgh Ríogh (B.) (roll number 8572)
- Location:
- Bruree, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Haragáin
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- Many signs of rain are given in the following poem:
The clouds look black, the glass is low,
The hollow winds begin to blow,
The soot falls down,
The Spaniels sleep,
An spiders from their cobwebs creep,Loud quack the peacocks cry,
The distant hills are looking nigh,
She how the chairs and tables crack,
Old Betty's joints are on the rack.Have a look at the moon and see if an old woman can hang her bucket on it. A sidhe gaoithe foretells fine weather. A ring round the moon denotes rain.
Red in the morning is the shepherds warning. Red in the night is the shepherds delight.
A plentiful harvest fore runs a bad winter.
