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Weather Signs

Abstract: Story collected by Jackie Power, a student at Butlerstown (Kilburne) school (Butlerstown South, Co. Waterford) from informant an unidentified informant.

Original reference: 0651/1/11

 Butlerstown (Kilburne) [Vol. 0651, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Waterford County Schools

COLLECTOR
Power, Jackie 
Gender
unk
INFORMANT
unidentified 
Relation
unknown

Story text

transcribed at

 

Weather Signs  [duchas:4382083]

"The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the glass is low."
We hear many signs of weather from the people at home. When the wind blows depressed and melancholy rain is near. When the far-off hills look gloomy and appear to be near we will have rain, and when the swift-winged swallow swoops low on a Summer's evening we will also have rain. When a thundering sound comes from the sea near Annestown, we can be looking forward to rain and cold weather. When a misty fog assembles in the boggy moorland, heat and good weather are nigh.

Resource description

Origin information
Butlerstown South, Co. Waterford
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 19
Volume 0651
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Flannagáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Weather--Folklore
Weather-lore--Seanchas aimsire
School location
Butlerstown South Baile an Bhuitléaraigh Theas Butlerstown South Kilburne Middlethird Waterford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4452448
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0651/1/11

Suggested credit
"Weather Signs"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4452448>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Flannagáin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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