School: Rath Sionnaigh
- Location:
- Rashenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Suibhne
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 122
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: Rath Sionnaigh
- XML Page 122
- XML “Weather-Lore”
- XML “Cures”
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
- (continued from previous page)it is a sign of bad weather.
When you see the birds flying inlands it a sign of storm.
When the sun sinks behind a cloud it is sign of bad weather.
When you see the dust flying in the air it is a sign of storm.
If the moon looks pale it is a sign of rain.
When the floor is damp it is a sign of rain.
When the rain lies on the windows it is a sign of rain.
When the wildgeese come from Norway it is a sign of snow.
When the sky is red it will be a storm.
When there is mangstass in the sky it is a sign of frost.
When the swallow flies low it is a sign of rain
(When you)
- A cure for the cold, is to take buttermilk with red pepper on it.
If a person has a sore throat, put roast salt in a silk cloth, and tie it round your neck.
A cure for the toothache is to put iodine(continues on next page)
