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School: Shannow

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Shannow Wood, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 241

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    A red sky in the east in the morning is the sign of rain.
    A copper coloured sky in the west in the afternoon is the sign that the following day will be warm.
    To think that the distant hills are near you is the sign of rain.
    If the sun sets in a bank of a cloud it is the sign of rain.
    The rooks indicates storm because before a storm they fly wildly.
    When the white gulls fly inland it is the sign of (storns) a storm
    If the wind blows from a certain point on Hollow Een night it will blow that way for three months after.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Mc Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Dan Mc Kiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Redhills, Co. Cavan