44 On Wiltshire Weather Proverbs and Weather Fallacies. 
inseets and plants. Still let us be just to the humble countryman, 
who is not guided as these latter are, by a natural inborn instinct in 
regard to the weather, any more than his fellows are in other con- 
ditions of life: but let us allow him the credit he deserves for his 
careful and accurate observation on a subject which requires many 
years experience, and no little balancing of evidence, before an 
accurate verdict can be arrived at. 
I proceed now to mention such of the proverbs as are in most 
general use among us, but I would premise that many of them are 
common to every other county in England, and some of them are 
in use throughout Europe. 
How true is the well-known saying :— 
‘Evening grey, and morning red 
Sends the shepherd wet to bed: 
Evening red, and morning grey 
Is the sure sign of a very fine day.” ® 
* This is perhaps one of the most universal weather proverbs variously expressed, throughout 
Europe. Thus elsewhere we have:— 
‘* If red the sun begins his race 
Be sure the rain will fall apace.” 
“‘ If the sun goes pale to bed 
?T will rain tomorrow, it is said,’’ 
“ Bero rubens coelum cras indicat esse serenum, 
At si mané rubet, venturos indicat imbres.” 
** Rouge le matin 
C’est de la pluie pour le yoisin; 
Rouge du couchant 
Promet beau temps.” 
“* Rouge du soir 
Bon espoir’; 
Rouge du matin 
Trompe le yoisin.’’ 
*‘ Abends roth ist Morgens gut; 
Morgens roth thut selten gut.” 
“ Der Morgen grau, der Abend roth 
Ist ein guter Wetterbot ; 
Der Abend roth, der Morgen grau, 
Bringt das schénste Tages blau,’’ 
“6 Morgenroth 
Abendkoth.” 
** Rosso di sera { 
Bon tempo se spera; 
Bianco di matina, 
Bon temps se incamina.’ 
