School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- Some people say that when the swallows fly low there will be a storm. Others say, when you hear the noise of a train in the distance there will be a downpour of rain.
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(The train runs 5 miles distance from Donard)
When the insects come down low it is a sure sign of rain, and when the starlings get busy it is a sign of a heavy storm.
When the mountains appear near there will be a storm. When a fog is going up the mountains it is a sign of fine weather, and when the fog is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seamus Rogers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donard, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Patrick Rogers
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Donard, Co. Wicklow
