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School: Páirc Árd (High Park) (roll number 11431)

Location:
Carrowgilhooly, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Conaill
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    When rays are seen down the sky from the sun it is a sign of coming rain or a glaring sun is also a sign of bad weather. If you see a hen picking her feathers or a cit sitting with her back to the fire it foretells rain. It is the sign of a storm to see the sea rough on a calm day.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Atarsney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromard, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Miss Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Dromard, Co. Sligo