School: Clonlara
- Location:
- Cloonlara, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Heoghanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 003
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- The old people know the signs of approaching fine weather:-
1. When the sun sets in a globe of fire.
2. When the birds are flying high.
3. When the smoke ascends to heaven like a prayer.
4. When the Doonass waterfall can be clearly heard.
5. East winds.
6. A rainbow in the evening.
7. A clear sky.
8. Clouds high.
9. When you hear the whistle of the train in Birdhill.
10. When the swallows twitter.
11. Springs bubbling from the roads and byeways.
12. The curlew's call indicates frosty weather.
- 1. Crows diving from a high altitude indicate bad weather.
2. Swallows flying low.
3. The cat turning his back to the fire.
4. Wild geese coming from North to South.
5. A dog eating grass or drinking water.
6. The floor damp.
7. The wind from the West - from Limerick.
8. The smoke going straight up the chimney.
9. When Keeper Hill is "capped".
10. The dust flying off the roads.(continues on next page)
