1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Carrickallen

School: Carrickallen

Location:
Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
A. Lynch
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 165

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 165

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Carrickallen
  2. XML Page 165
  3. 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

  1. Weather-Lore

    Share Share Post
    The following is a list of local beliefs regarding the weather.
    A red Sky in the last in the morning portends rain.
    A red Sky in the west in the evening is a sign of good weather.
    Streaky clouds resembling "goats hair" stretched accross the Sky denote rain.
    Inky black clouds streaked with coppor colour portend thunder storm.
    A rainbow in the morning is a sign of rain while a rainbow in the evening is a sign of good weather.
    Twinkling or falling stars denote rain.
    Very bright clear
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip O' Donoghue
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickallen, Co. Cavan