170 OF PROGNOSTICKS. CHAP. 4. 8. 



Drought never bred dearth in England. 

 Whoso hath but a mouth, shall ne'er in England 



suffer drought. 



When the sand doth feed the clay, 

 England woe and welladay. 



But when the clay doth feed the sand, 

 Then it is well with Angle Land. 



After a famine in the stall, 

 Comes a famine in the hall. 



When the cuckoo comes to the bare thorn, 

 Sell your cow, and buy your corn : 

 But when she comes to the full bit, 

 Sell your corn, and buy your sheep. 

 If the cock moult before the hen, 

 We shall have weather thick and thin ; 

 But if the hen moult before the cock, 

 We shall have weather hard as a block. 



As the days lengthen, so the cold strengthen. 

 If there be a rainbow in the eve, it will -rain 



and leave. 

 But if there be a rainbow in the morrow, it will 



neither leed nor borrow. 

 A rainbow in the morning 

 Is the shepherd's warning. 

 But a rainbow at night 

 Is the shepherd's delight. 



