Looking for colloquial Irish sayings describing the weather

pauldry

powerful day (sunny)
soft day (wet)
lively day (windy)
heavy day (humid)
messy day (wintry showers)
dead day (hot)
lovely day (cold)

Sponge Bob

Drawky day - From Irish Droch Chaoi = in a bad way means a wet grey to constantly drizzly day in some parts.

loopyloulilly

That a serious wine - strong wind

Garzorico

its colder than a witches t*t = its cold

John mac

That's a day for the high stool.

alfalad

There are more snotty noses than standing pr*cks this morning. - Said on a cold frosty morning. Although I only know of one person who used to say it and he was from south east Meath

premiercad

'"Tis brightening around the butt"
Rain or shower shows signs of clearing

"the sun is splitting the stones" or "Tis a day for tramore"
Very warm

"Tis a day for the bog"
Good dry breezy weather

"you wouldn't see your hand"
Very foggy

I've heard them all in Tipp but I'm sure some are more widespread

Wild Bill

West Wicklow:

*A thin wind (cold breeze from the east)
*A cutting wind/The wind would cut you in two
*It's raining cats and dogs
*(If the snow persists in patches, ditches etc) "it's waiting for more"
*That's a day for the fire/That's a day for the high stool
*It's too cold to snow
*Heavy day (warm and humid)
*Soft day (misty, drizzly, mild)
*Cat day (unpleasant, usually heavy rain)
*It's down for the day (the rain will continue all day)
*There's a break in the weather (it has stopped raining)

Dublin

*It's pissin' (rain) [probably the most common expression of all]
Also all the "brass monkey" variants are widely used.

floutingmaxims

"Tis a grand day for it." (What 'it' is has yet to be discovered) Can be used in all types of weather, it's just such a versatile phrase!

"There's great dryin' in it" - A windy day with no rain with the odd spell of sunshine.

mathepac

Galway, Salthill - "If you can't see the Cliffs of Moher, it's raining; if you can see them it's about to start"

inabina

It's raining cats and dogs

irishgrover

if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes....

holla!

'Tis a day for the washin', not the dryin' (as in it's raining)

Timmyboy

There was one from the Duhallow region but I've got it all mixed up in my mind. It was in the Irish language.

Went like this:

Ceo ar Mhushera agus Claragh go brach, beidh an la go deas
Achm, Ceo are Claragh agus Mhushera go brach, beidh an la go harabh(?)

Essentially the translation was that if there was high fog cloud on Mushera mountain while Clara mountain remained clear this was a sign of good weather, however if Mushera (i.e. Musheramore) was clear and Clara had fog on top then that would be a sign of bad weather.

I've never found this forecast to fail for the general areas (to the north of) those mountains.

eskimocat

"Oh Aran looks very near.... RUN!"

Local Donegal saying when Aran Mor Island looks closer than usual, you have to run to get in the washing cause there is rain coming.... never failed... generally managed to save the washing

jimmymal

Hey guys, cheers for all the answers, you've all been great.

Even those who've not put a county or region in there Ah no, i know a lot of these are impossible to trace and thanks for all your efforts!

YESROH

Its a day for the stones in your pockets. ( Windy ) Kerry

Wet rain ie its lashing and not weather to be going out in as oppose to soft rain that you could do some farming in. My Grandfathers used to say it and they where from the West.

Benny Cake

Day for ducks
Teeming rain
Pure heavy weather

All limerick...:cool:

cherryghost

It's not snowing here.

- Cork

él statutorio

mathepac wrote: »

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.

That theory has been disproved, apparently the temperature would have to be more then -40C for the brass to contract enough. Also cannon balls weren't stored in a pyramid. I think BBC news had an article on this phrase recently. Their take was that it was to do with the 3 brass monkeys, 'See no Evil', 'Hear no Evil' and 'Speak no Evil'.

kumate_champ07

"pissin out of the heavens"

mathepac

él statutorio wrote: »

That theory has been disproved, ...

Interesting, thanks. Any indications that the phrase is Irish in origin?

Danno

If it doesn't rain between the showers it'll be fine.

Pangea

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

"pissin out of the heavens"

Its pouring from the heavens.

Mountainsandh

I'm not Irish but Mr Mountainsandh is a Waterford man, and always says : "it's bucketing down".

Planet X

"A good welder would make a fortune off the Brass Monkey population."

Planet X

"It's as dry as a witches tit."

daffidol

good drying out (windy)
it hazy rain the kind that soak you in 5 minutes (Meath)

Cherry Blossom Girl

"it's very close" and " the sun is splitting the rocks" is used in Clare/Limerick too.

Also - "there's great drying out " it means that its clear with a nice breeze (but not too windy) for drying the clothes on the line! Used in Clare/Limerick and I'm sure other parts too.

muckish

Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na scoilbe - Don't make hay on a windy day

Ní hé lá na báistí lá na bpáistí - A rainy day is not for kids

Tá sé piss fliuch!