School: Summerville (roll number 622)
- Location:
- Summerville, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: John Burke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 33
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- (continued from previous page)down and fly about it is a sign of rain.
All birds are silent before thunder.
When the sukawn comes it is the sign of hard weather: When the shag stands on a rock and holds out her wings to dry it is a sure sign of bad weather. To see crows swooping down over the sea is reckoned to be the worst sign of the weather. When sea birds and land birds are seen mixed up in a field is a bad sign of the weathar.
Lights.
When the Hook light is very near, large and white looking it is a sign of bad weather. When it is distant, low, small and red looking it is a good weather. When it is like a ribbon across the water the wind is going to go out (blow in from the sea) tomorrow. If there are blue blazes from(continues on next page)
