School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown
- Location:
- Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 231
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- (continued from previous page)When a floor gives it is a sign of bad weather
When Wild-Geese fly north it is a sign of fine weather and if they fly south it is a sign of snow
Seagulls come inland when there is going to be a storm
When a lot of Golden Plover fly south there is going to be a snowstorm
When there is going to be a snowstorm little robins come in,
Cattle and horses turn their backs to hedges when there is going to be a rainstorm
Mice and rats come in when there is going to be snow.
Lime falls off walls when there is going to be a very dry Spring and Summer,
When cats scratch the legs of a table it is a sign of wind
A crimson sky in the evening denotes frost.
- Collector
- Shemus Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr James Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow
