School: Caisleán Gael (roll number 15337)
- Location:
- Castlegal, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: M. Ó Tiománaidhe
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- (continued from previous page)3. If the mist is coming down Benbulbin or Benwirken in the morning or evening it shall rain during the day or night.
4. If there is a ring round the moon it is a sign of a storm.
"The nearer the ring, the further the storm and vice versa.
5. When a dog eats grass rain is coming shortly.
6. "A rain-bow in the morning is a sailor's warning"; a rainbow at night is a sailors delight."
These rainbows are really only partly rainbows, as they very seldom stretch across the sky - just one corner. If the rainbow is(continues on next page)
