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1. Weather-Lore - Birds and Animals as Weather Omens

   

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   1. When swallows fly low it is a sign of coming rain. 2. When crows fly high it is a sign of good weather. 3. When you hear the curlew you know there is rain at hand. 4. When hens pick themselves it is the sign of rain. 5. When our Winter visitors comes early we may expect a severe Winter. 6. When seabirds come far inland it is a sign of stormy weather

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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

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   English

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   Christy Reilly

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2. Weather-Lore - Birds and Animals as Weather Omens

   

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   7. When a cat sits with his back to the fire it is a sign of rain.
   8. When a goat is far away from home she comes home when rain is coming.
   9. When a cat lies out in the sun in February it is a sign of severe cold March.
   10. When sheep are huddled

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