School: Muff
- Location:
- Muff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Irene Russell
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Muff
- XML Page 174
- 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
- There are many local beliefs about the weather all round this district. It is said if the wild geese fly towards the gap in the Western hills that this is the sign of bad weather. When the wind is coming from the West it is the sign of rain and when it is coming from the North it is the sign of snow.
When the wind is coming from the North-West it is the sign of rain. When there is a far-off ring round the moon it is sure that there is going to be a storm at hand. When the stars are sparking in the sky and the moon shining bright it is the sign of frost. When the sun is red when he is setting it is the sign there is going to be good weather.
When the birds are flying high, and the crows diving and the seagulls on the land it is the sign of bad weather also. When horses and cows are shaking themselves you will know that there is a storm not very far away. When the sheep make down from the hills to the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Madge Cunningham
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Eskaheen, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Cunningham
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Eskaheen, Co. Donegal