Red
sky at night, shepherd's delight;
red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning
St. Swithin's Day
if it do rain,
for 40 days it will remain.
St. Swithin's Day if it be fair,
for 40 days will rain no more
Rain before seven,
fine by eleven
A sun shiny shower,
won't last half an hour
Mackerel sky and
mares' tails, make tall ships carry low sails.
If cows are standing
in a field it will be fine, but if they are lying
down it is going to rain.
Clear moon, frost
soon
When squirrels lay
in a big store of nuts, look for a hard winter
When bees stay close
to the hive, rain is close by
Rain,
rain go away…
come again another day
Haloes around the
moon or sun mean that rain will surely come
When forest murmurs
and mountain roars, close the windows and shut the
doors
Moss dry, sunny sky;
moss wet, rain you'll get
When smoke descends,
good weather ends
A cow's tail to the
west is weather coming at its best;
a cow's tail to the east is weather coming at its
least
Flies will swarm
before a storm
Fast runs the ant
as the mercury rises
If crows fly low,
winds going to blow;
if crows fly high, winds going to die
No weather is ill,
if the wind is still
The moon and the
weather may change together
but change of the moon does not change the weather
If the moon rises
with a halo round,
soon we'll tread on deluged ground
When sea birds fly
to land there truly is a storm at hand
The sharper the blast,
the sooner it's past
Snow like cotton,
soon forgotten -
snow like meal, it'll snow a great deal
Rain is on the way
if people with curly hair find their hair curlier
and people with straight hair find their hair straighter
Before a rainstorm:
cats will clean themselves more and meow more
pigs wallow about and squeal
cows huddle together as if seeking comfort from each
other
horses 'switch and twitch' and sometimes bolt
insects fly low and bite more
birds chirp more loudly
When a rainstorm
is coming:
dandelions close their blossoms tightly
morning glories 'tuck in' their blooms as if ready
for a long nap
clover folds up its leaves
leaves on many trees roll up or show their undersides
Rain is on the way
when old people with joint or muscle problems such
as rheumatism or arthritis have stiffness and discomfort
You can tell the
temperature by counting a cricket's chirps.
By counting the seconds
between seeing lightning and hearing thunder, you
can tell how far away a storm is
Whether the weather
be hot,
or whether the weather be not,
we'll weather the weather, whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not! |
