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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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  1. Weather Signs

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    If a magpie passed over your head it would be the sign of bad weather, if two magpies passed you it would be the sign of good weather.
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  2. Weather Signs

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    Sunset. If the colour of the sky at sunset is red it foretells fine weather.
    If the clouds were of a coppery or yellow tint around where the sunset, such a sky foretells rain.
    Moon. If there is a halo round the moon at night it foretells wet weather.
    In some hot places before a great thunderstorm the little birds stop singing.
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    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary