School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Mastersons
- XML Page 258
- 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
- When the Curlews are noisy rain is coming.
When a flock of wild geese flies low and noisy it is the sign of a snow storm.If the wind blows from the South on Hollow Eve it will blow the same way for twelve months.
If a cat sits with her back to the fire it is the sign of a storm, and if she scrapes wood it is the sign of wind.
If the sun goes down red it is the sign of good weather
If the stars are glittering in the sky at night it is the sign of frost
If there is a ring round the moon it is the sign of a storm.
When it thunders on all fools' day it brings good crops of corn + hay
A swarm of bees in may is worth a load of hay.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ethel Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Collector
- Phyllis Davis
- Informant
- Miss Lonegan
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Boggaun, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Moore
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female