Monday, 18 April 2016

Rainbow over the Sound

Many thanks to Tony Kidd for this picture showing CalMac's Clansman heading down the Sound last night towards an explosion of rainbow colours. Just for a few minutes it was a spectacular double rainbow and, as Tony writes, "it was a wee bit of colour after a dreak couple of hours."
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  1. Unknown18 April 2016 at 23:10

    This is called in Gaelic Fadadh-Cruaidh meaning rudimentary rainbow a "dogs tooth" I only learnt this yesterday from my sister Chris. We saw the same thing over Sanna yesterday

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  2. SJV19 April 2016 at 15:23

    Yes May I learned this too yesterday from Dochie when we saw it from the pier.

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  3. Derryck Morton19 April 2016 at 18:44

    The Gaelic Fadadh-Cruaidh means literally "kindle hard" which is used to say something like 'begin difficult', supposedly foretelling stormy weather, so beware the dog's tooth.

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  4. Unknown20 April 2016 at 12:09

    Both dictionaries that I use say Fadach-Cruaidh means rudimentary rainbow or dogs tooth. One dictionary belonged to my mother and is very old and the other one is currently being used in schools.

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