School: An Clochar, Cill Ruis
- Location:
- Kilrush, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 516
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- (continued from previous page)before a storm -
1. Swallows and sand martins fly low.
2. The heron and the seagull fly inland.
3. Partridges and pheasants seek shelter in the hedges some days before a storm.
4. The stable fly stings horses and cows.
5. A cat scratching wood is a sign of rain but if he sits down and washes behind his ears a storm is surely approaching.
Preceding fine weather in hilly districts, sheep and horses go from low to high ground and remain there till the weather changes. When rooks build high, the season will be fine.
Many problems and old sayings relating to Weather Lore are supposed to be reliable, e.g.“A rainbow in the morning
Is the shepherd’s warning
A rainbow at night
Is the shepherd’s delight”“If the wind backs against the sun
Trust it not for back it will run”(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doonnagurroge, Co. Clare
