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When April blows his horn, 



'Tis good both for 'hay and corn. 



An April flood 



Carries away the frog and her brood. 



A cold May aucL windy 



Makes a full barn and a findy, 



A May flood never did good. 



A swarm of bees in May 



Is worth a load of hay. 



But a swarm in July 



Is not worth a fly. , 



The following Rules are laid down by Lord Bacon : 



If the wainscot or walls that used to sweat be 

 drier than usual, in the beginning of winter, or 

 the eaves of houses drop more slowly than or- 

 dinary, it portends a hard and frosty winter ; for 

 it shews an inclination in the air to dry weather, 

 which, in winter, is always joined with frost. 



Generally, a moist and cold summer portends 

 a hard winter. 



A hot and dry summer and autumn^ especially 

 if the heat and drought extend far into Septem- 

 ber, portend an open beginning of winter, and 

 cold to succeed towards the latter part, and begin- 

 ning of spring. 



A warm and open winter portends a hot and 

 dry summer, for the vapours disperse into the 

 winter showers j whereas cold and frost keep 

 them in, and convey them to the late spring and 

 following summer. 



Birds that change countries at certain seasons, 

 if they come early, shew the temper of the wea- 

 ther, according to the country whence they came ; 

 as, in winter, woodcocks, snipes, fieldfares, &c. if 

 they come early, shew & cold winter; and the 



