Comharthaí na hAimsire: An Rón /
Weather Signs: The Seal
Weather Signs: The Seal
Informant: Mártan Ó Cochtaraigh
Age: 72
Address: Dumha Locha, Co. Mayo
Collector: Síghle Ní Chearbhalláin, Mártan’s granddaughter, as part of The Schools’ Collection, National Folklore Collection, UCD
Date of Recording: 1937/38/39
Reference:
NFCS 133: 573
Landscape in Dumha Locha [Kathleen Price]
Comharthaí na hAimsire: An Rón
Nuair a bhéas an rón istigh ag barr cladaigh agus é dhá bharrthiompó fhéin sa ngainimh, sin comhartha stoirme.
Nuair a fheiceas tú an rón sa bhfarraige agus a chloigeann ós cionn an uisce, sin comhartha teasbhach.
Weather Signs: The Seal
When the seal is far in on the shore, turning himself about in the sand, that is the sign of a storm.
When you see the seal in the ocean with his head above the water, that is a sign of hot weather.