School: Clonback, Aughnacliffe (roll number 15038)
- Location:
- Cloonback, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Mac Ionnraic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 122
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- When the crickets are singing sharply it is the sign of rain.
Hills that are far away look nearer when it is going to rain.
When the curlews are screaming it is the sign of rain.
The frog changes his bright yellow colour to a dark colour when there is going to be rain.
The hedges get damp when there is going to be rain.
When robins and other birds flock around the door it is the sign of snow.
When there is a ring around the sun or moon it is the sign of storm, the further away the ring is the nearer the storm, the nearer the ring is the farther away the storm is.
- Informant
- Margaret Masterson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Aghamore Upper, Co. Longford
