School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)
- Location:
- Galbally, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)a salior's warning,
A rainbow in the night is a sailor's delight."
If crows fly in a crowd and caw very loudly it is said that a storm is at hand. Another forecast of storm is the wild geese flying inland and the seagulls getting plentiful on land. Fowl flying around and pecking their feathers is a sign of rain.
When floors get damp, rain follows. When sugar and salt dampen in glass vessels rain also follows. If everything begins to get dry in the weather, such as sugar and salt, fine weather is approaching.
the north wind brings dry hardy weather, while the soft south wind brings warmth and moisture.
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Corrections: warmth, sailor's, another sign of storm.
- Collector
- Peggy Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymorris, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs A. Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ballymorris, Co. Wexford
