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School: Dunleer (C.) (roll number 1496)

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Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ní Chathasaigh
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  1. Weather-Lore - Signs of Good Weather (continued)

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    when it is raining it is the sign of fine weather.
    10) A red sign in the morning is the sign of good weather.
    There are many old sayings as regards the weather.
    "A red sky in the morning
    Is the sailor's warning,
    A red sky at night
    Is the sailor's delight.
    The following verse is the sign of rain.
    Quack, Quack, the duck.
    The peacocks cry
    The distant hills are looking nigh.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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