School: Corbally, Roscrea (roll number 7736)
- Location:
- Corville, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)weather. If a hen drinks water it is a sign of a fine day. If it is raining when you get up, and a cock comes to the door crowing, the day will get fine. It is said that this is a very sure sign. If the morning is wet, and you hear the larks singing, it is a sign that the day will clear. If they do not go high , the day will remain wet. If the frogs are a copper colour there will be fine weather. If they are black it will be wet. If a frog comes in around the house it is a sign of wet weather. A fog rising in marshy land or on water, in the evening, is a sign of fine weather. A fog coming down the mountain is the sign of a wet day, if it goes back again, the day will clear. Smoke going straight up out of a chimney is a sign of fine weather. If the smoke is not inclined to go up the chimney, it is a sign of frosty weather. A sky-goat at night, is a sign that it will rain soon. Swallows flying low is a sign of rain.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- The Sheehys, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Rody Ryan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- The Sheehys, Co. Tipperary
