School: Cill Moicheallóg (B.) (roll number 15740)
- Location:
- Cill Mocheallóg, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Conchobhar Mac Raghnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 479
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Weather Lore.(1) In Tankardstown the old people say, That if soot falls a chimney you are near rain.(2) If the sun goes down red in the evening, it is a sign that the following day would be be very hot.(3) Every morning a farmer looks out from his bedroom window to see if the mountain is covered in or not. And if it is he says to himself that it will be a day of rain.(4) If swallows fly low, it denotes rain.(5) If the sun rises very early in the morning, it is prophesised that, that day will not be fine.(6) If the weather is heavy and dull it is a sign of thunder and lightning.(7) If the frog changes his yellow vest, rain is due.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eoin Bermingham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Baile Thancaird, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- Patrick Bermingham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 21
- Address
- Baile Thancaird, Co. Luimnigh
