School: Drom an Mhadaidh
- Location:
- Drumavaddy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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- Signs of Good weather etc.1. Mist round new moon - "A new moon's mist is every day's trust, an old moon's mist one day's trust" - local saying. When a new moon appears
2. "on its back", so that "you could hang your hat on either point, your'e going to have a dry moon" - l.s.3. If at night the Northern sky is clean while the other points are clouded, a good day may be expected.4. If the following night there is a "dappled" sky, rain may be expected l.s. "when the curds are up, the whey will fall."5. When the sun goes down in a ball of fire with no clouds on the horizon in the Western sky, good weather to be expected.6. If a man working in a potato field sees spiders' webs across the ridges or drills immediately after he has gone over that particular spot, good weather to follow - l.S. "the spider never works in vain". The same holds for the webs seen on the hedges and whin bushes in the early morning. This sign is almost infallible.7. Dry fire-crook denotes dry day (when felt in morning).8. Fire tongs feeling cold - frost.9. Crows flying high - dry weather. If crows, however, when flying seem to get into an air-pocket and suddenly hurtle to the ground, bad weather to follow.(continues on next page)
