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School: Clarecastle (C.)

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Clarecastle, Co. Clare
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Aoife Ní Mhíodhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 444

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    overhanging sky and a dead calm. Rain always follows when sea-gulls fly inland.
    If there are rays from the sun they are said to forecast rain also, and the rainbow is also a "wet" forecast. A rainbow at night is a sailors delight, and a rainbow in the morning is a sailors warning.
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    There is no record of vessels been lost in the river Fergus which is accounted for by the placidness of the water and the irregular course it flows. There are two sad records of drowning in the locality. One happened in Newhall Lake bout 40 years ago. Three men attached to the ordinance survey office in Ennis used go fishing regularly in a boat in the lake. One
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