208 GREEN TRAILS AND UPLAND PASTURES 



Such is the dawning of a fair summer day. But 

 there are other mornings when the clouds hang heavier, 

 low in the heavens, and those of us who are not weather 

 wise are in doubt, asking the first neighbour we meet, 

 "Well, what's it going to do to-day?" Invariably, 

 then, both questioner and questioned come to a pause, 

 and both lift their faces to study the sky, once more 

 aware of it as something near and intimate. If the 

 sun goes into a cloud soon after rising, or if the day 

 starts fair and rapidly "clouds up," we are told that the 

 rain is certain to arrive, and most of us have come by 

 experience to believe the saying. Connected with 

 this bit of weather lore, of course, is the familiar rhyme: 



Rainbow in the morning, 

 Sailors take warning; 

 Rainbow at night, 

 Sailors delight; 

 Rainbow at noon, 

 Rain very soon. 



Another early morning sign to look for is the action 

 of the cattle. If they lie down as soon as they are 

 turned out to pasture, they are supposed to feel 

 rheumatic weariness in their bones, like the old folk, 

 due to an approaching storm. However, this supersti- 

 tion about the cattle is not confined alone to their 

 early morning actions. If at any time of the day 

 the cows are seen lying down some one is sure to say : 

 "It's going to rain." But the true weather prophets 



