School: Model School, Clonmel
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Ella M. Adams
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- Weather Love January 1938
Knocklofty, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, is a townland where the people have many ways of forecasting the weather. Here are some of them.
When the hills look very near it is a sign of rain.
When a number of cows lie down in the fields there is going to be rain. People say they want to keep a place dry for themselves.
When swallows fly low and the crows are on the ground it is a sign of rain too.
When jackdaws and crows turn and twist in the air it is a sign of a storm.
When rheumatism is very bad there is going to be wet weather.
When one can hear a waterfall a long way off it is the sign of bad weather.
When the smoke goes up straight it is a sign of good weather.
When the seagulls come inland it is a sign of bad weather. When the flies fly low it is a sign of wet weather.
Betty Bovenizer
Knocklofty
Clonmel
Co. Tipperary
- Collector
- Betty Bovenizer
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocklofty Demesne, Co. Tipperary
