School: Kells (Parochial) (roll number 5062)
- Location:
- Ceanannas, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Vera C. Hodges
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 349
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- 1. When a cat sits with its back to the fire it is going to rain.
2. When a dog eats grass it is going to rain.
3. When a brown halo is seen round the moon there is stormy weather on the way.
4. When watery streaks or rays stretch down from the sun to the horizon the sun is said to be drawing water, and rain is to be expected.
5. Peacocks crying, or donkeys braying, foretell bad weather.
6. "A red sky at night is the shepherd's delight,
A red sky in the morning is the shepherd's warning."
7. When swallows fly high the weather will be good, and when low, bad.
8. When the pimpernel's flowers are wide open the weather will be good, and when closed up, bad.
9. Each end of a rainbow rests in a river.
10. Mackerel clouds betoken unsettled weather.
11. When distant hills and mountains appear near and objects on them are clearly distinguished the good weather is about to break.(continues on next page)
