School: St. Cronan's, Bray
- Location:
- Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Patrick Mac Donnell
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- (continued from previous page)can be expected. When ducks come out of a pond and go picking in a field, a shower can be expected. When rain is approaching, spiders make only very thin webs. Peacocks make a noise with their months when a shower is imminent, or the weather will change. If dry, rain can be expected, and vice versa. When a swallow flies high, the weather will be fine. If it flies low, there will be rain. Webs made by garden-spiders when rain is approaching, are very short. Rooks shift about when the weather is about to change. I'm not aware of this, but farmers believe in this sign and use it concerning the weather of the whole season. If the rooks keeps circling round trees instead of flying in a straight line, a wet day can be expected. If they keep flying back-wards and forward, before sunrise and after sunset, the following day will be cold and frosty. Fish are extremely sensitive to weather conditions. Anyone who angles knows this, as the fish stay down in the bottom of the river(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Begley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Vevay Road, Co. Wicklow
