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PROGNOSTICS CONTINUED. 



COth Rule. If the last eighteen days of Fe- 

 bruary, and the first tea days. of March*, are for 

 the most part rainy, then the spring and summer 

 quarters will be so too: and I never knew a 

 gri-.at drought but it entered in at that season. 



21st Rule. If the latter end of October and 

 beginning of November are for the most part 

 warm and rainy, then January and February are 

 hkely to be frosty and cold, except after a very 

 dry summer. 



22d Rule. If there is frost and snow in Octo* 

 ber and November, then January and February 

 are likely to be open and mild. 



Mr. Ciaridge gives us the following observa- 

 tions made by our forefathers : 



Janiveer freeze the pot by the fire. 



If the grass grow in Janiveer, 



It grows the worse for't all ihe year. 



The Welchman had rather see his dam on the bier. 



Than see a fair Februeer. 



March wind and May sun 



Makes clothes white and maids dun. 



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 and 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 fiy. 



* Old Style. 



