School: Baile Lochnáin
- Location:
- Riverstown, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0531, Page 133
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Signs of the Weather (continued)
“When a rainbow was seen it was said that a rainbow in the morning was a shepherds warning...”
(continued from previous page)top of a hill it is a sure sign of a fine spell.But they know when a storm is coming and they come down from the hill, and seek shelter in some corner, that prevents the wind and rain from hitting them.The birds also give signs of the weather. When they are seen crowding themselves on the telegraph wires or on the top of houses, or in the trees it's the sign of rain.When the swallows fly low, and sometimes shave the ground, it is the sign of wet weather.When a noise is heard for about four miles that's a sure sign of frost.For example when a train is heard going on the tracks or a car going along a hard road.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Filoména Ní Dhulchonta
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrick, Co. Tipperary