Many crows collected in a field portend rain.

When birds and badgers are fat in October expect a cold winter.When the cuckoo comes when the leaves are not on the trees, it is a sign of a hard year.Celine Warde,
St. Ciaran's
BallyvaryAs long as the bird sings before Candlemas, so long will it wail after it.MAggie Mulroy,
Ballyvary
On Candlemas Day a good goose will lay;
But on Valentine's Day any goose will lay