Looking for colloquial Irish sayings describing the weather

jimmymal

Hey everybody,

I'm looking for colloquial Irish sayings describing the weather (all types) for a project in college, however they must be specific to a region or city.

Any help at all here would be appreciated.

Cheers in advance.

martic

Christ but thats a horrible hure of a day

mathepac

Cavan / Monaghan - "If the weather stays like this it'll not change"

Not

Donegal - "Jaysus the frog won't budge, it's going to be a bad one*"

* edit : as in 'winter'

marketty

It's horrid 'close'. (humid I think)
The wind'd hould ya. (a cold strong wind)
These are from Meath, haven't heard them elsewhere.

1966

Soft day.

Not

marketty wrote: »

It's horrid 'close'. (humid I think)
The wind'd hould ya. (a cold strong wind)
These are from Meath, haven't heard them elsewhere.

Have heard in Dublin "The wind would skin you alive". I've no idea if that's excusive to Dublin, I suspect not.

looksee

That's a lazy wind, goes straight through you. - don't know if it is specific to an area.

JustAddWater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuUqrJZ6S2Y

kwik

Its baltic out there isnt it. Im in dublin but dont know if its said everywere..... or if its said at all but i say it myself so it has to count.

mp22

Hardy

Ellian

it's a soft day.

Foundered as in cold.

hop2it

old enniscorthy saying for high wind's ( the wind would cut the horns off a snail )

amacachi

looksee wrote: »

That's a lazy wind, goes straight through you. - don't know if it is specific to an area.

It's here in Louth anyway.

fr wishy washy

Brass Monkeys (Dont Ask)

Not

Howlin' like a banshee

Deep Easterly

"A ****ing rotton c**t of a day" - Tuam

Drakmord

The wind'd skin a brass monkey.

-North East Cork

byhookorbycrook

West Limerick-when frost and ice are expected "A snipe won't stand in the morning"
North Cork:
Dew on the grass, rain won't come to pass.
Mare's tails and mackerel sky, not long wet and not long dry.

SAINTRON

''its pissin' it down''

Everywhere, all the time.

errisshooter

It would freeze the balls off a brass monkey (Cold)
A Fox of a day (Very changable)
Only a day for the fire (Cold & Wet)
Its a Mucky One (Damp)
Its a Skelper (Cold & Windy)

Su Campu

There's snow on them thar hills.....

(Coleraine)

lord lucan

It's Baltic out!

IE: It's very cold.:)

TheMilkyPirate

Su Campu wrote: »

There's snow on them thar hills.....

(Coleraine)

There's snow on them thar hills, A tornado in my back garden, Hailstones the size of cats and a supercell hovering over the town hall.

(Owen c, Coleraine)

Faing

Rain like stair rods

colincork

It's a day for the ducks!(wet day)

mountainy man

It's boiling rain, humid/thundery

Villain

"It'll be cold when the North wind does blow"

Dotsie~tmp

It's fúckin' lashin'..

Dublin: Heavy rain.

bionic.laura

You wouldn't put a gate out in it - Cold, wet and windy. From south kilkenny.

mathepac

fr wishy washy wrote: »

Brass Monkeys (Dont Ask)

Drakmord wrote: »

The wind'd skin a brass monkey...

errisshooter wrote: »

It would freeze the balls off a brass monkey (Cold) ...

AFAIK I think that all the "Brass Monkey" references for cold weather are British Army / British Navy in origin, not Irish.

A brass monkey is a pyramid-like brass frame for holding cannon-balls or round shot.

The cannon-balls were made of lead (usually) and in cold weather the brass frame shrank significantly, dislodging the cannon-balls which maintained their size, hence the expression.

If anyone has another origin for "Brass Monkey" then I'd be interested to hear it.