School: Clodiagh, Inistioge
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0847, Page 418
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- (continued from previous page)New Ross here. When the sea-weed which people have brought home from the sea gets damp, when the curlew whistles, the marigold and the dandelion close their petals, these are all signs of coming rain.Signs of fine weather.
The cricket goes out into the ditch. The swallows fly high. The sky brightens and darkens and brightens again. To hear the water from the north.People say that the noise of the mowing machine brings the rain.
