SCHOOL: Cill Iubhair | ADDRESS: Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Weather Lore
Signs of rain
- Soot falling
- A dog eating grass.
- Blue flames in the fire.
- A cat with his back to the fire
- The rooks flocking
- A ring round the moon at night.
- A person feeling drowsy in the morning.
- The dust blowing off the road in Summer
- White stripes in the sky at night.
- The sun clouded
- Hens picking themselves
- No stars in the sky at night
- Cattle standing with they backs to the breeze
- The train making great noise
- The hearth-stone being damp
- A person suffering from rheumatism
- The wind blowing from the west
- A rainbow in the morning
- The starlings boring the thatch
- A flock of crows flying together
- The spider peeps from the cobweb
- The blackbirds voice is shrill
- A persons corns aching
Signs of Fine Weather
- The sun going down red in the evening
- The frogs having a yellowish color
- The smoke going up straight in the sky from the chimney
- The sky to be blue in the morning
- The sky to be red in the evening
- A fog in the morning
- The salt being dry and hard
- The swallows coming back early in the Spring
- To see a robin on the top of a branch
- The swallows flying high
Signs of Frost
- The chimney not to draw
- A clear sky
- When there are a great deal of stars out
- A fog in the evening
Signs of Snow
- The wind blowing from the North or West
- When the sky is clouded
- When the weather is very cold
- The robin flying round the door
Signs of Storm
- The cat scratching the leg of a chair
- The linnet to fly from the bog to the applaud
- The dust to be blowing off the road
- The clouds passing quickly across the sky
Bibliography
“The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0017” by Dúchas © National Folklore Collection, UCD is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.