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School: Baile na Cille, Roscrea (roll number 10350)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
F. Bergin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 075

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    The following are regarded as weather omens by the people in my district.
    Brown sky = snow
    Black and cloudy sky = storm
    Ring round the moon = rain
    Red sky in the morning = Rain
    Fog on a hill = Bad Weather
    Fog on a plain = Fine weather
    Swallows flying low = Rain
    Smoke ascending straight = Fine Weather
    From a chimney = Ahead
    Cat sleeping before the fire = Rain
    Stars in large numbers = Hard weather
    Smoke flying round the kitchen = Rain
    Noise of a train heard clearly = Frost
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Meagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynakill, Co. Tipperary