School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Béal Átha hÉis, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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- When flowers smell it is the sign of rain
When black there is a white frost at night it brings rain.
When the cranes are in the boglands it is the sign of rain.
When there is an early growth it is the sign of a bad season of rain.
When you see the geese flying and shouting up in the air it is a sign of rain. - 1. The last quarter of the moon decides the weather for the first quarter of the new moon.
2. If you can hang your coat on both corners of the new moon it will be a dry one - it can hold the water but if it stands on end it cannot and a month's rainy weather may be expected.