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1. Weather Signs

   

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   To see smoke out od a chimney going down to the ground or to see chickens picking their feathers are signs of rain.

   
   Here is a poem for signs of rain

   i
   "Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry,
   The distant hills are looking nigh,
   How restless is the snorting swine,
   The busy flies disturb the swine.

   ii
   Puss on the hearth with velvet paws,
   Sits wiping o'er her whiskered jaws,
   Last night the Sun went pale to bed,
   The moon in haloes hid her head."

   To hear crickets singing or chirping is a sign of rain.
   "A rainbow at night is a sailor's delight
   A rainbow at morning is a sailors warning"
   To see swallows fly low is a sign of rain, or to see the soot fall down the chimney.
   If there is enough blue in the

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Busher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Longgraigue, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Busher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Longgraigue, Co. Wexford