It always confuses me that there are people who can simply cock an eye upward, frown at the sky and say: “It’ll rain in about 10 minutes.” I assumed that this was some form of inner knowledge which all Irish people were born with to make up for our erratic weather.Before weather forecasts or apps on our phones, we’d be forewarned and happily keeping ourselves dry while the less fortunate got drenched in an unexpected shower.