School: Grangemocler (B.) Carrick-on-Suir (roll number 7595)

Location:
Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Gan ainm / Mícheál Ó Séaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 020

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  1. Weather Signs
    Bad Weather :-
    Flock of blackbirds under a hedge.
    Swallows flying low.
    Seagulls on land.
    Wild geese flying in W shape.
    To hear the Curlew.
    Grey plover flying from the North.
    Good Weather :-
    Wild geese flying in a V shape.
    To see crows flying very high.
    Grey plover flying to the North.
    To hear wild ducks late in the evening.
    To see flocks Jack-daws in a meadow.
    To hear a thrush of blackbird late in the evening or very early in the morning :-
    Written by :-
    Peter Landy Std VI
    Got from Jack Landy Same as Page 3
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Landy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Jack Landy
    Gender
    Male