School: Moate or Moyvoughley (?)
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There are many signs of change of weather in which the old people believed.
1. Fog on the river means bad weather; fog on the hills is a sign of fine weather, fog around the moon means rain.
2. A rainbow in the morning is rain in the evening.
3. A red sky in the evening is the sign of a chill morning.
4. When the sky is covered with stars, that is a sure sign of frost.
5. When the wind comes from the south and the west rains follows; when the road is dry and dust blowing, rain also follows.
6. There are many birds and animals that tell a change in weather, chiefly the(continues on next page)
