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School: Baldoyle Convent (roll number 11883)

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Baldoyle, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr Augustine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0792, Page 137

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  1. A Holy Well (continued)

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  2. Weather-Lore

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    There are many things in my district which foretell the coming weather. When there is a ring around the moon we expect rain and when the moon seems to us to be travelling fast in the sky it is a sing sign of bad weather. When a star is near the moon it is a sign of rain and a red sky in the morning is a sign of wind and rain.
    When a seagull rests on a wall or a chimney it is a sign of rain or when a crow flies high it is a sign of bad weather. The east
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