Roibéns ao mar, vellas a solar; roibéns ao monte, vellas á fonte; roibás ao Miño, vellas ao niño
Language or variety: 
Galician
Literal translation: 

Arreboles en el mar, viejas a(l) solar [a solearse]; arreboles en el monte, viejas a la fuente; arreboles en el Miño, viejas al nido

Comments: 

Entendemos Miño (el río) con mayúscula inicial (posible errata en el original). Cf. Roibéns ó mar, vellas ó sollar.

Categorization
Meteorology: 
sun
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bad weather
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forecast
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red sky
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General Subject Area: 
sea
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mountains
<territory>
springs
<territory>
old age, old, old woman
<personification and the like>
Miño, Minho [river in the Iberian Peninsula]
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Geolocation

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Toponimic references:
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  • Miño [Minho]
    Territory:

    Galicia, Spain; Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

    Hydronym. River in the Iberian Peninsula. Its source is in Meira (province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain) and reaches the Atlantic between Spain and Portugal.

Sources
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Author Title Edition In sourcesort descending
ZAMORA MOSQUERA, Federico Refráns e ditos populares galegos Editorial:
Galaxia
Place of edition:
Vigo
Publication date:
1972
 Page:
218
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