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3.— If Candlemas-day is fair and bright, 
Winter will take a rougher flight. | 
4,—Of a storm : ‘ : 
Long foretold, long last, | 
Soon come, soon past. 2 
i. A red sky in the morning is the sailor’s warning, F 
A red sky at night is the sailor’s delight. 
6.—A halo around the moon denotes falling weather. 
7.—The rainbow presages that the rain is over; also that no other uni- 
versal deluge will ever take place. 
8.—When the new moon lies with its horns up, it is a sign of dry 
weather. If the horns are downturned, it is a sign of rain. 
9,—It always rains Quaker meeting week. 
10.— When the wind veers against the sun, 
Trust it not, for back it will run. 
When the wind is in the south 
It is in the rain’s mouth. 
11.— Evening gray and morning red, 
Traveler wise will keep his bed. | 
12.— If February gives much snow 
A fine summer it doth foreshow. f 
13.— A rainbow in the morning is the sailor’s warning, 
A rainbow at night is the sailor’s delight. 
14.—If it rains when the sun is shining people say, ‘‘the devil is beat- 
ing his wife.”’ 
(b)— Terrestrial : 
1.—If the groundhog sees his shadow on the second of February, he | 
: goes back to his hole in the ground for another six weeks’ doze, as he H 
[| knows that the winter will endure so much longer ; per contra, if he cannot 
see it, he stays out, for he knows that the severe weather is past. ‘ 
2.—When cats wash their faces it is a sign of rain. 
3.—If the oak gets into leaf before the ash, the year will be a fine and 
productive one; if contrary, it will be wet and backward. 
4,—When a spider elongates his web it is a sign of fair weather ; when > 
he shortens it, the weather is about to be stormy. 
5.—If the Cicadas sing loud at nightfall ’tis a sign of a clear warm day 
to follow. 
6.—A green Christmas predicts a fat churchyard. 
