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26  The Weather

brightly, it was said cold weather was approaching. When the fire sparkled and snapped, they expected wind.

A curdly sky is the sign of a rain within three days.

If the ice on the trees melts and runs off, the next storm will be rain, If it is cracked off by the wind, the storm that comes next will be snow.

If you see an unusual number of crows flying about in the autumn, look for a cold winter, ‘his is accounted a very sensible saying by some, on the ground that many more of the birds will naturally be hovering about on their way south when a hard winter is approaching than when the season promises to be mild.

If the sky looks brassy in the west at sunset, it is a sign of high winds.

When the wind is in the east,
Then the sap will run the least.
When the wind is in the west,
Then the sap will rin the best.

Thunder after midnight means that the next day will be lowery.

If the sun shines clear in the early nothing, and then the sky very soon clouds up, it will rain before night.