School: Rear Cross, Newport (roll number 12124)
- Location:
- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pilib Ó Muireadhaigh
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- John Toole
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- Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary
- People say that the swallows fly high up in the air when the weather is going to clear and they fly low when the weather is going to get bad, It is said that the sea-gulls come inland when the weather is going to break. When the wild geese face the north it is the sign of snow. When the cows are lying down quietly in the field and are not grazing in the summer season it is a great sign of rain. When the cattle go up the hill grazing in fine weather you could be sure of rain before two days. When a horse that would(continues on next page)
