School: Caisleán hAicéid

Location:
Castlehacket, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0019

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  1. Signs of the weather from the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars and the rainbow.
    1. A yellow ring round the moon at night is a sign of wet weather.
    2. The sun drowned in the clouds is a sign of wet weather.
    3. A red sky in the morning is a sign of rain and a red sky in the evening is a sign of fine weather. "The evening red and the morning grey are said to be signs of a very fine day. The evening grey and the morning red bring down rain oir travellers head."
    4. If the stars twinkle frost is to be expected.
    There is another old saying that a rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning and at night is the shepherd's delight.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Edmond Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bunatober, Co. Galway