School: Glin (C.) (roll number 3232)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Cárthaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0480, Page 328
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: Glin (C.)
- XML Page 328
- 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.
A red sky in the west at sunset betokens fine weather.
A red sky in the east in the morning, betokens rain.
When the red streaks spread across the sky, a storm comes with the rain.
A"cowshine" round the moon is a sign of rain.
When the moon is on her back, bad weather follows.
Clouds low at the west bring rain.
Clouds low at the east, pass away.
Fleecy clouds in summer, betoken rain.
Fleecy clouds edged with black, foretell thunder.
A rainbow in the east causes rain more suddenly, than a rainbow in the west.
A rainbow in the north in summer, causes heavy showers, which fall rather suddenly.
The west wind always brings rain.
The north wind brings snow, and the south wind warm weather.
When a storm is threatened(continues on next page)
