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1. Signs of the Weather from the Sky, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars and the Rainbow. (continued)

   

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   Signs of the weather from the wind.

   1. If hard, cold, biting wind blows from the last frost is to be expected.

   Signs of a storm

   1. Crows lie in crowds in the fields before a storm.

   2. Partridges and pheasants seek shelter in the hedges and bushes some days before a storm.

   3. The stable-fly is busy going about stinging horses and cows.

   4. Sometimes on a sunny afternoon the birds singing though sometimes a twitter from the trees. This shows that the birds are hiding themselves from the storm that will come in less than an hour.

   5. If the cat sits down and washes behind his ears a storm is surely coming.

   6. If there is a cabin near goats they go into it.

   7. The west wind and south -

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Burke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bunatober, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Edmond Burke

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Bunatober, Co. Galway