School: An Scairbh (B.)
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Siúrdáin
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- (continued from previous page)screaming it is a sign of rain. When wild geese fly from Henry McNamara's lake to the Shannon it is a sing of snow. When swallows fly high it is a sign of fine weather. When they fly low it is a sign of rain.
Other sings. When soot falls down it is a sign of rain. When the mountains look near us it is a sign of rain, but when they look far away it is a sign of fine weather. When there is a fog over the river it is a sign of fine weather.
When there is a boil in the Shannon it is a sign of rain. When the shadow of trees are to be seen in the river it is a sign of bad weather. When there is a blue light is to be seen in the fire it is a sign of rain. When the wind blows from Simon's Castle it is a sign of very bad weather. When the wind blows from Patrick Durack's it is a sign of rain, and when the floor sweats it is a sign of rain. When the smoke goes straight into the clouds it is a sign of rain.
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Fathaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Scarriff, Co. Clare
