School: Tiobraid Árann, Cl. na Trócaire (roll number 9432)
- Location:
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: An tSr. Síle Ní Ghiollagáin
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- (continued from previous page)direction from which the wind blows it is the sign of a shower. It is also a bad sign to see clouds descending on the mountains.
A rainbow is another sure sign of rain. The south-west wind brings the most rain.
Some birds know instinctively when rain is approaching, such as - swallows, curlews and wild geese.
The swallows fly low when we are going to get a downpour, and also the plaintive not of the curlew can be heard warning us that there is bad weather ahead.
If the wild geese go over Limerick to Lough Gur it means that the weather will be fine, but if they go(continues on next page)- Collector
- Marie Ryder
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Murgasty, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Price
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Murgasty, Co. Tipperary