School: Baile Rua (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Ballyroe, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Crosáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0014, Page 029
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: Baile Rua (Buachaillí)
- XML Page 029
- XML “The Place Name of Loch Buí”
- XML “Weather Guide”
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
- (continued from previous page)(Irel) Ireland he said that it was the windest hill in Ireland and he gave it the name of Windyhill.
- If a dog eats grass it is the sign of rain. (2) If a cat scrapes the chair it is the sign of wind. (3) When you are raking a fire and small coals that are left are blue it is the sign of rain. If the cat does not want to leave the heartstone it is the sign of rain. If the fire does not lite well and alot of smoke going out of it, it is the sign of rain. If the sut falls it is the sign of rain. If a murderer is put to death it is the sign of wind. If the sheep go in shelter and ly down with their heads (f) left on the ground it is the sign of rain. When the seagulls are on the land it is the sign of rain. When the robin goes into the house looking for bits of bread it is the sign of snow. If a bit of sand goes under the door and makes alot of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilnalag, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Rattigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kilnalag, Co. Galway
