School: Dunbell

Location:
Dún Bile Beag, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
Cáit Ní Dhubhlaoich
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  1. Signs of the Weather
    A morning red and evening grey
    Sets the traveller on his way
    But a morning grey and evening red
    Brings down rain upon his head.
    When a donkey stands with his back to a ditch it is a sign of rain.
    A ring around the moon is a (of) sign of rain.
    When you see a flock of crows landed in a field there is going to be a storn a storm.
    When wild geese or wild ducks fly inland it is a sign of hard weather.
    When the crows fly high it is a sigh of fine weather.
    When you see the swallows in summer flying low it is a sign of wet weather.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. seanchas aimsire (~6,442)
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