School: Tulach Ruacháin
- Location:
- Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mary Agnes Smyth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 485
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- (continued from previous page)sea-gulls assembled on the land or when sheep gathered by fences, it was a sign of stormy weather approaching.
When swallows fly high it is a sign of fine weather as all insects on which they feed on are then higher in the sky. Golden glares from the sun at sunset generally indicate fine weather.
In the woods one can always tell when
a thunder storm is approaching by the silence of the birds and the quietness of everything.
Spiders spin only short webs when rainy weather is approaching but they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Murray
- Gender
- Female
