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   VI If there is a big batch of seagulls flying about quacking it is the sign of rain.
   VII It is a sign of rain if you see the wild geese flying away to the bog of Allen.

   

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   I A week's bad weather follows a Saturday's rainbow. II When the wind is from the south or from the east it is a sign of rain. When it is from the north it is a sign of good weather but when it begins raining when the wind is from the north it is very heavy. III When the crane is flying inland it is a sign of rain. IV When the swans come inland it is a sign of rain.

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   1. seánra
      1. seanchas aimsire (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Richard Magee

   Gender

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   Age

   50

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   Farmer

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   Drumgoa, Co. an Chabháin