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WEATHER. 
between the hours mentioned in the first column, | the second column in summer, and as mentioned 
the resulting weather will be as mentioned in | in the third column in winter. 
Hours of change. 
Between 12 and 2 afternoon, Very rainy, 
Between 2 and 4 afternoon, Changeable, 
Between 4 and 6 evening, Fair, 
Between 6 and 8 evening, 
south-west, 
Between 8 and 10 evening, 
south-west, 
Fair, 
Fair, 
Between 10 and 12 night, 
Between 12 and 2 morning, 
Between 2 and 4 morning, 
Between 4 and 6 morning, Rain, 
Between 6 and 8 morning, Wind and rain, 
Between 8 and 10 morning, Changeable, 
Between 10 and 12 noon, Frequent showers, 
Prognostics belonging to particular Seasons—A 
serene autumn, denotes a windy winter; a windy 
winter, denotes a rainy spring; a rainy spring, 
denotes a fine summer; and a fine summer, de- 
notes a windy autumn. But it very rarely hap- 
pens that the seasons succeed one another in the 
same tenor for two successive years. If at the 
beginning of the winter, the south wind blow, 
and then the north, cold may be expected; but 
| if the north wind blow first and then the south, 
the winter will be mild. A hot and dry Sep- 
tember, portends a cold spring; and a moist and 
cool summer, portends a hard winter. Dryness 
at the commencement of winter on walls which 
are usually damp, shows the air to be dry, or in- 
dicates the condition favourable to frost, and 
therefore portends a hard winter. The early 
arrival of wood-cocks, field-fares, and other simi- 
lar birds of passage, indicates that the succeed- 
ing winter will be cold. The early arrival of the 
cuckoo in spring, indicates that the following 
summer will be hot. An abundance of blossoms 
on the broom and almond tree, foretells an abun- 
dant harvest; and an abundance of haws and 
acorns, foretells a long and severe winter. 
** Mark well the flow’ring almonds in the wood, 
If od’rous blooms the bearing branches load; 
The glebe will answer to the sylvan reign, 
Great heats will follow, and large crops of grain.’ 
An old Scotch proverb says, “A green Yule 
makes a fat kirk-yard ;” and alludes to the sick- 
liness of a mild Christmas to both man and 
beast. Among other old proverbs, characteris- 
ing the prognostics of the seasons, and worthy 
of attention, are the following :—“ Hail brings 
frost in the tail.” “ A snow year, a rich year.” 
“ Under water dearth, under snow bread.” 
‘* A January spring 
Is worth nothing.” 
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“¢ Tf Janiveer’s calends be summerly gay, 
"Twill be winterly weather till the calends of May.” 
Prognostics most prominent in Upland Districts. 
—‘ When there is a copious deposit of dew, and it 
remains long on the grass,”—says the Rey. James 
Resulting weather in summer. 
Fair, if the wind be at north-west; 
rainy if the wind be at south or 
Fair, if the wind be at north-west; 
rainy, if the wind be at south or 
Cold, with frequent showers, 
Resulting weather in winter. 
Snow and rain. 
Fair and mild. 
Fair. 
Fair and frosty, if the wind be at 
north or north-east; rain or snow, 
if the wind be at south or south- west. 
Fair and frosty, if the wind be at north 
or north-east; rain or snow, if the 
wind be at south or south-west. 
Fair and frosty. 
Hard frost, unless the wind be at 
south or south-west. 
Snow and stormy. 
Snow and stormy. 
Stormy weather. 
Cold rain, if the wind be at west; 
snow, if the wind be at east. 
Cold with high wind. 
Russell of Yarrow, in reference to a part of Sel- 
kirkshire which may be taken as a fair speci- 
men of the inland upland districts of Britain,— 
“when the fog in the valleys is slowly dissipated 
by the sun’s heat, and lingers on the hills,—when 
the clouds apparently take a higher station,— 
and especially when a few cirro-strati appear 
loose or slightly connected, lying at rest or gent- 
ly floating along, serene weather may be confi- 
dently expected. A change of this settled state 
is presaged by the wind suddenly rising, by close 
continuous cirro-strati gathering into an unbro- 
ken gloom, and by that variety of cirrus known 
as the goat’s hair or grey mare’s tale. Some- 
times a few fleecy clouds skim rapidly between 
the superincumbent vapour and the earth’s sur- 
face, and are the forerunners of snow or rain. 
Should the cirri not pass away with the imme- 
diate fall, but extend toward the horizon, and 
present their troubled edges towards the zenith, | 
there will be stormy weather for some time. 
When a modification of the cirro-stratus is form- 
ed to leeward, thick in the middle, and wasting | 
at both ends, with its side to the wind like a | 
ship lying to, it indicates continued wind. After | 
a clear frost, we sometimes see long whitish-co- 
loured streaks of cirrus, whose two extremities 
seemingly approach each other as they recede 
from the zenith. This appearance is vulgarly 
called Noah’s ark; and if it point from south- 
west to north-east, we expect a thaw from the 
south-west. Small blackish boat-shaped clouds 
rising in the west, and moving sideways, indi- 
cate a thaw, with little orno rain. A short glare 
of red in the east, about sun-rising, portends 
a rainy and windy day. When the sky shines 
from the watery exhalations around the midday 
sun, rain or snow will soon follow; when it has 
a green appearance to the east or north-east, 
frost and snow. A crimson red in the west, 
after sunset, indicates fair weather; a purple 
red indicates sleet. Atmospheric changes are 
more likely to happen a few days after new and 
full moon than inthe quarters. The point when 
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