School: Tang (roll number 8037)
- Location:
- Tang, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Caisil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 523
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- (continued from previous page)rain generally follows, and it crows rust on stone walls in Summer it is a sure sign of fine weather. When swallows fly high it is a sign of fine weather; and when they fly low it is a sign of rain. If the robin sings from the top of a bush fine weather generally always follows. If seagulls and other water-fowls come into the upland fields it is a sign of hard weather to follow. When a cat sits with its back to the fire rain generally follows. When a dog eats grass it is a sign of rain.
Apparent nearness of hills is considered a great sign of rain. In the locality of Rathmore, Ballymahon, when we hear the weir at Anneville mills it is a sign of rain. When we hear the weir at Shrule mills it is a sign of snow and frost. When insects called ants begin to crawl about or a lot of snails crawling about are two great signs of rain. When smoke goes up straight from a chimney fine weather generally follows.
- Collector
- Michael Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Michael Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathmore, Co. Longford
