School: Drumaweir (roll number 5228)
- Location:
- Drumaweer, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Dómhnaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 43
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Drumaweir
- XML Page 43
- 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
- I went into my neighbour's house and asked the old woman had she any weather lore. Her name is Mrs. Lowry, aged about sixty. This is what she told me:
If there is a blue blaze in the fire it is a sign of rain.
When wild geese fly over the country it is a sign of storms.
If you see dust rising off the road it is a sign of rain.
When you see the robins and other birds sitting on the trees it is a sign of rain.
When you see the trawlers going up rivers for shelter it is a sign of storm.
When you see the smoke going up straight it is a sign of good weather.
When you see the smoke going up crooked it is a sign of rain.
When the soot falls it is a sign of rain.
When the crows build their nests near the tops of the trees it is a sign of good weather.
When steam rises out of the turf it is a sign of frost.
- Collector
- Bridie Wright
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Lowry
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 60
