Storms in June

echo beach

The arrival of Storm Hector reminded me of what the older generation called The Turas Storm. This was a storm that occurred almost every year during the time of the traditional turas, or pilgrimage, to St Colmcille's well that takes place on the nine days following the 9th June, which is St Colmcille's feast day.

Has anybody else ever heard of this?

NIMAN

Never heard of it, and would doubt its not true, only old wives tales, considering storms are random things and for them for appear at same time of the year, every year is VERY unlikely.

As for Storm Hector, its left a lot of branches and clutter on the roads this morning up her in North Donegal, I guess because we are having a storm when the trees are in full bloom, when normally storms occur in winter when they are barer.

muffler

Never heard of it either.

Interesting bit of folklore though.

NIMAN

Aye, like banshee's.

echo beach

NIMAN wrote: »

Never heard of it, and would doubt its not true, only old wives tales, considering storms are random things and for them for appear at same time of the year, every year is VERY unlikely.

I would agree and imagine it is a form of recall bias, where being caught in a storm while on a pilgrimage (on foot as it would have been at the time) is more memorable than a storm when you are at home.

That said the weather is somehow always good during the exams in early June and it has to break sometime!

Graces7

echo beach wrote: »

I would agree and imagine it is a form of recall bias, where being caught in a storm while on a pilgrimage (on foot as it would have been at the time) is more memorable than a storm when you are at home.

That said the weather is somehow always good during the exams in early June and it has to break sometime!

When I lived in the Northern Isles, we would alway get a massive storm in May, always within the same fewdays.

They call it"The Gab of May" and it demolished gardens, damaged nests... I was there many years and it never failed.