School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drom Dhá Liag, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Ciardha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 073
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: Drom Dhá Liag (B.)
- XML Page 073
- 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
- "The following are signs which foretel bad weather"
1. It is a sign of rain when the sun sets pale in the evening.
2. A mackerel sky is a sure sign of bad weather.
3. A rainbow in the morning is the sign of rain. An old saying is:-
A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning.
A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight.
4. If there is a piece of a rainbow called the "Madra Gaoithe" near another rainbow it is the sign of bad stormy weather.
5. When there is a halo around the moon it is a sign of rain
6. The south wind and the south-west wind bring soft wet weathers.
7. When the dog rolls itself on the grass and eats it it is a sign of rain.
8. If the cat sits with his back to the fire it is a sign of bad weather.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jeremiah Lehane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Chlais Dubh, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Patrick Lehane
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Chlais Dubh, Co. Chorcaí
