School: Druimín (roll number 9438)
- Location:
- Drummeen, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 185
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: Druimín
- XML Page 185
- 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
- Weather LoreWhen the wind blows from the north, the people say that we shall frost and snow.
When the wind changes to the south they say that there will be rain.
In the harvest when a robin sits on a low branch he signifies that the day will come wet and his sitting on a high branch is a sign of good weather.
We know that a day will be good if we can see Sliab an Iarainn on a clear morning.
A black frog signifies a change for bad weather. When he is the colour of silver it is the sign of good weather.
When the dew goes up into the clouds it is sign that it will come down in rain. When the dew falls to the ground it is a sign of good weather.(continues on next page)
