School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

Location:
Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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  1. 1. Red clouds in the west at sunset especially when they are tinged with purple portend fine weather.
    2. A coppery or yellow sunset portends rain but the surest sign of wet weather is a halo round the moon.
    3. A rainbow in the West tells us the bad weather is coming and when in the East the bad weather is passing away from us.
    4. When swallows fly high fine weather is expected but when
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