School: Lowtown (C.), Galbally
- Location:
- Lowe's Town, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 512
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- Our ancestor could give an accurate forecast of the weather by the actions of animals, birds, insects; appearances of the sky, wind, hills, etc.
Signs of good weather:-
Smoke ascending vertically
Rainbow in the sky at night
Hills look far away
Birds flying high
The cattle are about the fields. Signs of bad weather:-
A rainbow in the morning
A blue flame in the fire.
Beetles, creep from their holes in walls
Spiders from their cobwebs creep
Clouds look black
Soot falls down.
The cat turns his(or her) back to the fire
The curlew and wild geese screaching
Wind from the north or west
Birds fly low.(continues on next page)
