School: Moys (roll number 10837)

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1. Weather-Lore (continued)

   

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   country it is a sign of goo weather. If you see a crane it is a sign of rain. When you see a hawk it is the sign of storms. A partridge squeal sign of rain. Sea gulls flying high good weather. A snipe is a sign of good weather. When you hear a pigeon crowing there will be bad weather. Stairs when flying round a tree it is a sign of storm. Wild geese are the sign of rain. When a snail crosses the road it is the sign of rain.

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2. Local Heroes

   

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   Pat McKenna was a famous boxer. Address Castleshane Co. Monaghan. He practiced on a bag of meal. They hung a bag of meal to the roof and this fell put his fist through the bag. A noted boxer in England challenged him in a fight his father went over with him. Pat was getting beaten and his father shouted remember the bag of meal. Pat put his fist through the other boxer and killed him.

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