General Scouting Outdoors 199 



OLD WEATHER WISDOM 



When the dew is on the grass, 

 Rain will never come to pass. 



When the grass is dry at night, 

 Look for rain before the Hght. 



When grass is dry at morning light, 

 Look for rain before the night. 



Three days' rain will empty any sky. 



A deep, clear sky of fleckless blue 

 Breeds storms within a day or two. 



When the wind is in the east, 



It's good for neither man nor beast. 



When the wind is in the north, 



The old folk should not venture forth, 



When the wind is in the south, 



It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth. 



When the wind is in the west. 



It is of all the winds the best. 



An opening and a shetting 

 Is a sure sign of a wetting. 



(Another version) 



Open and shet, 

 Sure sign of wet. 



(Still another) 



It's lighting up to see to rain. 



