School: Craanford (roll number 8060)
- Location:
- Craanford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- (continued from previous page)with us till after the young ducks are reared which is about August.
Many of these birds are used to foretell the weather. If the swallows fly low it is a sign of rain but when they fly high it is a sign of fine weather.
It is a sign of a storm when the seagulls come into the land, but to hear the Curlew whistle is a sign of fine weather. To hear the cat-owl at nightime is a sign of rain, but to hear the woodquest is a sign of fine weather.
