School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)
- Location:
- Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0537, Page 205
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- (1) If you see seagulls flying inland, it is a sign of wet weather.
(2) If you hear phesants crowing, it is a sign of thunder.
(3) If there is a nice dew on the grass in the morning, it is the sign of fine weather.
(4) If you see redness in the West in the evening, it is the sign of wet weather.
(5) If you see redness in the North in the evening it denotes frost.
(6) If you see a robin in a tree singing it is a sign of fine weather. If you see one perched upon a piece of rotten twig not singing it is a sign of wet weather.
(7) If the roads dry up quickly it is a sign of more rain.
story teller Kitty Leamy
Told to her by Mr. John Leamy (57), Silvermines, Nenagh
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- Collector
- Kitty Leamy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballygown North, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Grace
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
