School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 244
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: Oylegate
- XML Page 244
- 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
- Sun Showers are the sign of fine weather
If there is a ring around the moon it is the sign of wet weather.
If the clouds are moving slowly over
the stars it is the sign of stormy weather.
If the clouds are moving quickly over the stars it is the sign of wet weather
If there is a rainbow in the sky it is the sign of showers.
When the crows fly low it is the sign of wet weather
When the crows fly high it is the sign of fine weather.
When a star falls it is the sign of
frost
When the water is blue it is the sign of fine weather.
When the water is dark it is the sign of wet weather.
- Collector
- Kathleen Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
