School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 16_017
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- (continued from previous page)weather. When sheep gather into one corner it is a sign that it is going to rain.
When hens begin to pick themselves it is a sign of rain.
When the dust is on the roadsides it is a sign of warm weather.
When small flies fly around it is a sign of warm weather.
When the smoke goes up straight it is a sign of hot weather, and when it is blowing down(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Annracán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mary Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kilkenny
