PROGNOSTICS UF THE WJ^ATHER. ]51 



Signs of Fair Weather from the Sun. 

 Sun rifing clear, having fet clear the night before ; rifing Fair weatb«? 

 while the clouds about him are driving to the well; rifxng ^''"'"^ * "'*' 

 with an iris around him, and that iris wearing away equally 

 on all fides> then expefl fair and fettled weather; rifing clear 

 and not hot ; fetting in red clouds, according to the old obr 

 fervation; 



The evtning red and morning grey, 



Js the fare Jign of a fair day. 



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Signs of Rain from thq Moon* 



Moon pale in colour, rain; horns blunt at firfl rifing, rain; Rain, from thp 

 horns blunt, at or within two or three days after change, de- ^°'^^' 

 .^fiotes rain for that quarter; an iris with a fouth wind, rain 

 ^ext day; wind fouih third night after change, rain next day; 

 I fthe wind fouth, and the moon not feen before the fourth night, 

 ;Tain raoft of that month ; full moon in April, new and full 

 ilttoon in Auguft, for moft part, bring rain; mock-moons are 

 .^he forerunners of great rains, land-floods^ and inundatiion. 



Sigjis of Wind from the Moon, 



Moon feeming greatly enlarged; appearing of a red co- w^nd from the 

 lour; horns ftiarp and blackilb ; if included with a clear and '"'*°"* 

 ruddy iris; if the iris be double, or feem to be broken in parts, 

 tempefts. 



N.B. Ori the new moon, the wind for the moft part 

 changes. 



When the moon, at four days old, has her horns fliarp, (he 

 foretels a tempeft at fea, unlefs (he has a circle about her, and 

 that too entire, becaufe, by that (he fhews that it is pot like 

 to be bad weather, till it is full moop. 



Signs of Fair Weather from the Moon, 



Moon feeming to exhibit bright fpots; a clear iris with full f^^"* weather 



^ r .1 r - ,-11 r u 1 1 . /- ^ "oni the moon, 



moon; horns fliarp fourth day, fair till full; horns blunt at fir ft 



rifing, or within two or "three days after change, denotes rain 

 for that fjLiarter ; but fair weather the other three quarters ; 

 moon clear three days after change or before full, always de- 

 notes fair weather. After every change and full, rains for the 

 mod part, fucceeded by fair fettled weather j moon clear 

 and bright, always fair weather. 



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