School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 272
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- "Weather Signs".
1 A year of sloe is a year of woe.
2 A dry April and a wet May fills the hagards wity oats and hay.
3 When the sun goes down red :- good weather.
4 When the sky is coppert looking in the evening:- bad weather.
5 A ring round the moon :- rain.
6 The stars twinkle on a frosty night.
7 A mist on the hills:- bad weather.
8 A mist in the valley:- good weather.
9 Before rain the swallows fly low.
10 The wind from Carrick :- rain.
11 The wind from the North brings snow and frost.
12 When the smoke goes up straight:- frost.
13 Blue blazes in the fire:- storm.
14 When the soot falls from the chimney:- rain.
15 When the wild-geese come to Ireland(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Emma Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon
