School: Woodland (roll number 8464)

Location:
Woodland, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mrs Crossan
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 58

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 58

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Woodland
  2. XML Page 58
  3. XML “Weather-Lore”
  4. XML “Weather-Lore”
  5. XML “Weather-Lore”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    (2) Hens pecking at themselves is a sign of rain.
    (3) Red sky at night is a sailor's delight; Red sky in the morning is a shepherd's warning.
    (4) Stars shining brightly is a sign of frost.
    (5) In Rathmullan and Ramelton when rainy weather is coming the lime drops from the walls of the houses.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Armour
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughnagin, Co. Donegal
  3. (1) Rain will follow when the wind blows from the north.
    (2) When the smoke goes straight up in the morning there is going to be frost.
    (3) If the smoke goes straight up in the evening it is going to be fine.
    (4) When you a very old woman complain of rheumatism she will say the weather is going to be bad.
    (5) If you hear an old man saying his corns
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.