1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Drumloughan (Dromlachan)

School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (roll number 15665)

Location:
Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 163

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 163

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: Drumloughan (Dromlachan)
  2. XML Page 163
  3. XML “Signs of Weather”

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. Signs of Weather (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    13) A wet May and a dry June make the farmer whistle a merry tune
    14) -
    15) A crane flying with the flow of the river a sign of rain
    16) A green Christmas makes a fat Graveyard
    17) The more frost and snow during winter, the better the summer & harvest
    18) A change in the weather often comes at a change of the moon
    19) Don't sell your hens on a rainy day (This is more a proverb) meaning don't give away things for nothing
    20) Flying pismires swarming on the roads, on a Summer's evening is a sure sign of rain
    21) If the midges bit on a Summer's evening it is a sure sign of rain
    22) Fish will not bite if there is likely to be thunder
    23) Clocks or beetles creeping on the floor at night is a sure sign of rain
    24) If the gríseach or burnt ashes shows blue when poked it is a sign of storm
    25) The cat sitting with her back to
    (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
    P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
    Gender
    Male