School: Tigneatha
- Location:
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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- (continued from previous page)it is also a sign of thunder. If the fog goes up into the sky we will have a wet day but if it comes down we will have a fine day.
The crickets sing very sharply when rain is approaching. The ducks quacking and the peacock crying tell us we are going to have rain.
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“A cat washing his face with his paw is a sign of rain.”
A cat washing his face with his paw is a sign of rain. Soot falling down from the chimney is a sign of rain. The spiders when creeping from their cobwebs is a sign of rain. Midges gathering in clusters along the road is a sign of rain approaching.