School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)
- Location:
- Ardee, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Angel (Aingil)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0670, Page 007
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: Ardee (Mercy Convent)
- XML Page 007
- XML “Weather-Signs”
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. It is said when a dog eats grass it is the sign of rain
2. When there is a blue blaze in the fire it is the sign of a storm
3. When the cat has his back turned to the fire it is the sign of rain
4. When the swallows are fly-ing low it is the sign of rain
5. When the curlow’s song is heard it is the sign of rain
6. When the seagull is on the land it is the sign of bad weather
7. When the smoke goes up straight it is the sign of good weather
8. When the north wind blows we shall have snow
9. A rainbow in the morning is a shepherd’s warning. A rainbow at night is a shepherd’s delight(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Moyra Woods
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stickillin, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mrs Woods
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stickillin, Co. Louth
