School: Sixmilebridge (B.)
- Location:
- Six-mile-bridge, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Domhnalláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 327
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- When the sun sets in a ball of fire in the evening it is a sign that next day would be fine.
Hills look far away when the weather is fine.
To see the swallows flying high is a sign of good weather.
If a robin sang in the of a low bush on a wet day, it is a sign that the evening will clear up.
It is a sign of 40 days fine weather if it does not rain on St. Swithin's day.
When the wind blows from the North or East it is a sign of dry weather.
When Swans fly South it is a sign of fine weather.
If cranes go from the streams to the lakes it is a sign of fine weather.
To see the seagulls leaving the land and going to the sea is a sign of fine weather.
A grey looking mountain is a sign of fine weather/
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