School: Ballinorley (roll number 11597)
- Location:
- Bellanurly, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Mrs Anna Ewing
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- The climate in our district is mild and moist. This is so because of the south-west winds which blow for more than two-thirds of the year. These winds come across the Atlantic and are both warm + moist. Another cause of the mildness is the "North Atlantic Drift", commonly known as the Gulf Stream. It is a drift of warm surface water from the mid-Atlantic, which assists in raising the temperature. There are many old sayings about the weather:-
"A red sky at night is the shepherd's delight. A red sky in the morning is a shepherd's warning."
"February puff and blow, and fill(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Irene Malley
- Gender
- Female
