28 The Weather
A peck of March dust is worth a bag of gold. The idea is that when you have much dust blowing about there must be much wind; and winds at that season dry the mud, and prepare the earth so that all crops can get an early start.
Open and shet
Sign of wet.
That is, you can expect rain when the clouds open and shut.
When the wind is in the east,
‘Tis neither good for man nor beast.
Sun at seven,
Rain at ‘leven.
This means that if early in a cloudy morning the sun comes out for a little, it will rain by noon.
The sunlight always dawns on the wall on Easter morning.
Whenever after it has been raining you can see through the clouds enough blue sky to make a pair of Dutchman’s breeches, you may know it is going to clear off.
As far as the sun shines in on Candlemas Day,
So far the snow blows in before May Day.
