The Swift
: BIRDS AND BEASTS.: Welsh Folk-lore
This bird's motions are looked upon as weather signs. Its feeding
regions are high up in the air when the weather is settled for fair, and
low down when rain is approaching.
Its screaming is supposed to indicate a change of weather from fair to
rain.
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