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School: Inch Island

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Carrickanee, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Mac Fhinn
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  1. Local Signs which Determine the Weather

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    Local Signs which Determine the weather.
    When there is a ring around the moon it is the sign of rain.
    When you see the rainbow in the sky that it the sign of rain.
    When the clouds is black that is the sign of rain.
    When you see the seapie coming in that is the sign of a storm.
    When the crows is picking sand that is the sign of a storm.
    When you hear the sea roaring you know there is going to be a storm.
    Pupil Ruby Green, Grange, Inch Island.
    Told by Rebecca Green
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ruby Green
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Rebecca Green
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Donegal