School: Ballyuskill (C.), Ballyragget
- Location:
- Baile Oscail, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Mary Power
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 165
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- Smoke going to the ground is a sign of rain. Stars falling to earth are a similar sign. When you see a cat or a dog tearing a tree also is a sign of wind and rain. A circle around the moon indicates rain. Dust blowing along the road is another sign.
When you see smoke going up straight it is a sign of fine weather.
Swallows flying near the ground is a sign of approaching rain.
When the sun is red at eventide it is the sign of frost.
When sea-gulls fly inland it is the sign of a storm.
If the moon be on its back or if there is a cloud around it, it is the sign of rain. When the wind blows from the North it is the sign of snow.
A rainbow in the morning is the sign of a storm.
- Informant
- Mr T. Fogarty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile na Coille, Co. Laoise
