SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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Evening red and morning gray 
Sends the traveler on his way. 
Evening gray and morning red 
Sends the traveler home to bed. 
Red sky at morning, the shepherd takes warning; 
Red sky at night is the shepherd’s delight. 
If the sun goes down cloudy Friday, sure of a clear 
Sunday. 
If a rooster crows standing on a, fence or high place, 
it will clear. If on the ground, it doesn’t count. 
Between eleven and two 
You can tell what the weather is going to do. 
Rain before seven, clear before eleven. 
Fog in the morning, bright sunny day. 
If it rains, and the sun is shinning at the same time, 
the devil is whipping his wife and it will surely rain 
tomorrow. 
If it clears off during the night, it will rain again 
shortly. 
Sun drawing water, sure sign of rain. 
A circle round the moon means “storm.” As many 
stars as are in circle, so many days before it will rain. 
Sudden heat brings thunder. 
A storm that comes against the wind is always a 
thunderstorm. 
The oak and the ash draw lightning. Under the birch, 
the cedar, and balsam you are safe. 
East wind brings rain. 
West wind brings clear, bright, cool weather. 
North wind brings cold. 
South wind brigs heat. (On Atlantic coast.) 
The rain-crow or cuckoo (both species) is supposed by 
all hunters to foretell rain, when its “Kow, kow, kow” is 
long and hard. 
So, also, the tree-frog cries before rain. 
