School: St John's, Lecarrow (roll number 3911)
- Location:
- Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Thighearnaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 014
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: St John's, Lecarrow
- XML Page 014
- 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 Lore
Signs of the weather in the sky When there is a rim round the sun it is a sign of rain, and strokes from it which is called Moses Horn it is believed to be a sign of frost.
When the moon is clouded it is a sign of rain, and when there is a rim round it. When there are six or seven rainbows in the sky it is a sign of fine weather.
The wind at certain points,The north wind is a sign of snow. The Est wind is a sign of very harsh weather. The south wind is a sign of rain.
When sheep and goats come down from the mountain it is a sign of a storm, and when the birds come to the door it is a sign of frost or snow. When the cat has its back to the fire it is a sign of rain.
When the smoke goes up straight out of the chimney it is a sign of frost, when it goes down to the ground it is a sign of rain.
- Informant
- William Fallon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Rinnagan, Co. Roscommon
