School: Valleymount
- Location:
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Cochláin
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- (continued from previous page)in the morning.
13. When the crows go out early in the morning it is the sign of rain because they want to gather enough food for to last the day.
14. Or when the soot falls down the chimney.
15. When the swallows fly low becaus the insects fly low.
16. When there is a red sky in the morning.
17. Or when the smoke blows low.
18. When the river rattles musicially against the
19. stones.
When the wild geese go to the mountain.
20. When the goats come down from the mountain.
When there is a rainbow in the morning. - Some people from this locality have a lot of sayings concerning the weather.
1. When Church Mountain is capped with a fog it is a sure sign of rain
2. When there is a halo around the moon it is the sign of a storm, an old saying is:- "the farther the circle the nearer the storm".(continues on next page)- Collector
- Sally Tipper
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr M. Tipper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Smith
- Address
- Valleymount, Co. Wicklow