School: Tamhnach, Inis

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If the sky is red where the sun sets it is a sign of rain. If there were ants on the road it would be a sign of rain. If the sun is smothered when it is setting it is a sign of rain. If the hens were picking their feathers it would be a sign of rain. If the wind is coming from the South it is a sign of rain. On the twenty fourth of June, the Fair of Spancihill, it is always wet.
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The Weather

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Signs of the weather are birds flying low, seagulls coming in to land, soot falling, a ring the moon or a clouded moon. When the meat is wet it is a sign of bad weather or the water bubbling: or to see wild swans, or the cat to sit near the fire with his back to it.
A mackerel sky is the sign of good weather. Old people feel their corns in

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