Seanchas i dTaobh na hAimsire /
Weather Lore
Weather Lore
Informant: Tomás Ó Ceárn, Seán Ó Catháin
Age: 65
Address: An Blascaod Mór, Co. Kerry
Collector: Collected as part of The Schools’ Collection, National Folklore Collection, UCD
Date of Recording: 1937/38
Reference:
View of Great Blasket Island from Dún Chaoin, 1969. [Jane Almqvist, National Folklore Collection, UCD]
Seanchas i dTaobh na hAimsire
An Rón:
’Sé cómhartha an róin seo nuair a bhíonn sé ina stop, ar nós buidéil ar bharr an uisce, bíonn drochaimsir mhillteach air.
Weather Lore
The Seal:
When the seal is still, like a bottle on the top of the water, it is a sign that extremely bad weather is coming.