The Weather 25
hearth with its back to the north, it is a sign of cold weather,
If you see the cat or the dog eating grass, you may look for rain soon.
If the children find the dog eating grass when they do not wish it to rain, they will chase him away, with the idea to in that way gain fair weather.
When the scales are thick on the buds, the winter will be long and cold.
If it rains while the sun shines, it will rain on the day following.
When it rains thus, the saying is that “the devil is whipping his wife.”
When in the evening you see the swallows flying high, the morrow will be fair. When the swallows fly low, it is a sign of rain.
When the leaves of the poplars or other trees turn up their under sides, look for rain. Know, too, that it is going to rain when you see the hens “greasing” themselves.
When of a morning you find tiny heaps of dirt thrown up by the ants during the night in the hard-packed earth of the paths and dooryard, you can calculate on a fair day.
When the coals in the old fireplace were ruddy, and the fire burned up
