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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
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Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 298

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    wet. When the stars are falling it is the sign of rain. If the clouds are going quick it is the sign of rain. The south wind brings more rain to my district. It is said that when we are going to have snow the cat and dog sits down and turns their back to the fire. The swallow fly high when we are going to have fine weather, and when the swallow fly low we are going to have bad rainy weather. The sea gulls comes in from the sea in the dry land before we get a storm. Often the moister come on the clay when we are going to have rain when the mountains look near it is the sign of bad rainy weather. The sky gets cloudy when we are going to have rain. When the sun is getting watery looking and cloudy looking that is the sign of rain. The midges does be very busy when we are going to have bad weather. The midgets does be on the road when we are going to have bad weather. When the wind blow down the chimney it is the sign of snow sometimes and other times it is the sign of rain.
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