School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Killaloe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: An tSr. Aileabhaird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0586, Page 191
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- (continued from previous page)coming - they fly from it. Swallows flying low is a sign of rain. Salt bacon in shops start to get damp when it is about to rain. Floors also begin to weep when rain is coming. When the weather is very wet and has not much sign of clearing, and if the bacon in the shops gets dry and starts to glisten, it is a sign that the weather is going to clear. After a lot of rain, springs begin to burst up through the roads - it is a sign of a change to fine weather. Whirlwinds that cause dust to rise off the roads is a sign of wet weather to come. When smoke remains near the ground it shows that the air above is moist and a fog is near. When there are scattered clouds in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hannah D' Arcy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballina, Co. Tipperary
