School: Ros Cré (B.) (roll number 1594)
- Location:
- Roscrea, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: D. Nash
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 211
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- (continued from previous page)44) When the tables creak, the weather is going to be fine.
45) When a train is heard a long distance away, the weather is going to be wet.
46) When old people complain of pains in their bones, the weather will be bad.
47) When the sea weed becomes dry it is a good sign of good weather, but when it becomes damp it is the sign of wet weather.
48) When smoke gushes from the fire, then rain is not far off.
49) When the peacock cries, that is the sign of rain.
