School: Brownknowe (roll number 7464)

On this page

1. Weather Signs

   

   Share Share Post

   There are a good many old sayings with regard to weather signs. Some mean good weather, some mean storm, and some mean wet, bad weather.

   When the rooster crows on a wet morning it is said it is going to dry up and be a good day. When the sky is clear behind the wind, and the blue clouds appear it is a sign of good weather. When the robin is singing on the top of the trees it is said to be a sign of a good morning.

   When we see the mist rising from the sea and the hills, in the mornings we always say it is a sign of good weather.

   When the white foam gathers round the sea-shore it is a sign of a storm. When the swallows fly low down it is also a sign of a coming storm. When we see a blue blaze in the fire we say it is the sign of a coming storm. When we hear the sea-gulls screeching, or the blackbirds whistling in the mornings ,or the weazles coming out, we always know that a storm is approaching. Another very bad sign of a storm is to see a dog eating grass. A rainbow at night is the sailor's delight but one in the morning is a warning, that storm is coming

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lizzie Roulstone

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rathmelton, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr Alex Hazlett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   73

   Address

   Tirroddy, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr Sam Roulstone

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Rathmelton, Co. Donegal