20 The Weather
north are frozen over. When the geese are seen flying north, warm weather is to be expected.
Three white frosts and then a storm.
When you see whitecaps on the pond or river, it is going to rain.
When the smoke from a chimney does not rise, but falls to the ground, it is going to storm.
When the squirrels lay in a big store of nuts, look for a hard winter.
Three foggy mornings and then a rain.
Between twelve and two
You can tell what the day will do.
An evening red and a morning gray
Will set the traveller on his way.
But an evening gray and a morning red
Will pour down rain on the traveller’s head.
If the corn-husks are thicker than usual, the winter will be colder than usual.
If the melt of the hog killed in the fall is big at the front end, the winter will be sharpest at the beginning. If the melt is biggest at the rear, the winter will be coldest in the latter part.
If in the autumn you find the skin of
