School: Port Ruadh, Aonach Úrmhumhan (roll number 11367)
- Location:
- Portroe, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S.C. Ó Freathaille
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- (continued from previous page)and if the cock crows at twelve o clock the day will clear up.
A dog eating grass denotes rain. A cat having its back to the fire is a sign of coming snow. If a horse goes to a sheltered ditch and turns his tail to it it is a sign of bad weather.
When the mountains are capped with a fog in the morning and if it clears away quickly we are going to get a fine day but if it remains it is a sign of rain. When lakes and springs rise, it denotes fine weather and when they go down it is a sign of rain.
Insects give signs of coming weather also. When midges are flying in large numbers it is a sign of rain. Flies are the sign of fine weather and crickets chirping in the night show bad weather.
Smoke in a house signifies rain. If smoke goes up straight from a chimney it is a sign of frost.- Collector
- Anna C. Cooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Portroe, Co. Tipperary