School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (B)

Location:
Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Padraig Ó Cuinn
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 057

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 057

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: Mainistir Mhuigheó (B)
  2. XML Page 057
  3. 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. Weather lore
    The sun
    The people say that when the clouds are crossing the sun that it is the sign of wet weather. When the sky is red around the sun, that is the sign of wet weather.
    The moon.
    When there is a ring of fog around the moon, that is a sign of wet weather.
    The stars.
    When there is a lot of stars in the sky, that is the sign of frost.
    The wind.
    When the wind is blowing from the south that is the sign of rain. When the wind is blowing from the north that is the sign of snow. When the winnd is from the east taht is the sign of dry weather.
    The birds.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Brett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo