School: Cor an Chasáin
- Location:
- Corr na Sás, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 308
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: Cor an Chasáin
- XML Page 308
- 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
- Here is a list of local beliefs in regard to the weather. If there is a storm or a heat-wave in America the people here believe that it will soon reach us.
"A green Christmas brings a full grave-yard." "A white Christmas brings a lean graveyard." "Candlemas day bright and clear brings two winters in one year." A rainbow in the morning (makes) is the sailor's warning." A rainbow at even-tide makes the Shepherd satisfied."
Here are the signs of the weather. "A rainbow on Saturday brings a showery week." "Goat's hair on the sky is a sign of rain. Another sign of rain is if the sun goes down behind a cloud(continues on next page)
