School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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1st Dec; 1937When the cat scrapes the chairs, and the dog snores it is a sign of rain.
At the approach of rain the far off hills look near at hand.
When the sun is pale, and the sky red in the morning, it is a sign of a wet evening.
When the hens pick their feathers rain will come.
When a shower of rain comes if the hens remain out in it the rain will not continue, but if the go off for shelter the rain will continue.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballygilchrist, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Katie Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ballygilchrist, Co. Longford