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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
cures much ignorance, that is buried in the aisle of Jack- 
o-Pulpit’s Church? 
Can you tell what walked around your tent on the 
thirtieth night of your camp-out? 
Then are you wise. You have learned the twelve 
secrets of the woods. But if you have not, come and 
let us teach you. 
WEATHER WISDOM 
When the dew is on the grass, 
Rain will never come to pass. 
When the grass is dry at night, 
Look for rain before the light. 
When grass is dry at morning light, 
Look for rain before the night. 
Three days’ rain will empty any sky. 
A deep, clear sky of fleckless blue 
Breeds storms within a day or two. 
When the wind is in the east, 
It’s good for neither man nor beast. 
When the wind is in the north, 
The old folk should not venture forth. 
When the wind is in the south, 
It blows the bait in the fishes’ mouth. 
When the wind is in the west, 
It is of all the winds the best. 
An opening and a shetting 
Is a sure sign of a wetting. 
(Another version) 
Open and shet, 
Sure sign of wet. 
(Still another) 
It’s lighting up to see to rain. 
