RAIN

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• #1003

  A load of barrels foretells wet weather.

  Eastern Massachusetts.
• #1004

  When the Brothers (Catholic theological students) turn out in a procession it will rain soon.

  Baltimore, Md.
• #1005

  When a great many women are seen on the street, it will rain next day.

  Bedford, Mass.
• #1006

  When you blow out the candle, if the fire on the wick burns bright, it means a fair day on the morrow; if it dies down on being blown out, it indicates a rainy day.

  Plymouth, O.
• #1007

  When long cirrus clouds or “cow’s tails” are seen, it means rain.

  Lewisburg, Pa.
• #1008

  Cobwebs on the grass for three mornings running are a sign of wet.

• #1009

  If there is no dew on the grass at night, it will rain the next day.

  General in the United States.
• #1010

  Conjurers can stop rain by throwing up clods of dirt.

  Alabama.
• #1011

  Fog on the hill
  Brings water to the mill.
  Fog on the moor
  Brings the sun to the door.

  New York.
• #1012

  A fog from the hills
  Brings water to the mills.
  A fog from the sea
  Drives all the rain away.

  Prince Edward Island.
• #1013

  Fog on the hill
  Brings water to the mill.
  Fog in the vale,
  Catch all the water in a pail.

  Massachusetts.
• #1014

  Three foggy mornings and then a rain.

  Massachusetts.
• #1015

  It will rain within twenty-four hours of a hoar frost.

  Deerfield, Mass.
• #1016

  When the glass sweats, it is the sign of rainy weather.

  Alabama.
• #1017

  If the ground is black, it means rain.

  Peabody, Mass.
• #1018

  To wear your husband’s hat is a sign of rain.

  Massachusetts.
• #1019

  Talking of horses is a sign of rain.

  Labrador.
• #1020

  Mackerel sky
  Five miles high
  Lets the earth
  Go three days dry.

  Miller’s River, Mass.
• #1021

  Mackerel sky,
  Rain by and by.

  Massachusetts.
• #1022

  A mackerel sky is a sign of a storm.

  Prince Edward Island.
• #1023

  Mackerel sky,
  Rain is nigh.

  or

  Mackerel sky,
  Rain to-morrow.

  Brookline, Mass.
• #1024

  Mackerel sky
  Three days high
  Never leaves the earth
  Three days dry.

  Massachusetts.
• #1025

  Mackerel’s back and the mare’s tails
  Make lofty ships carry low sails.

  Newburyport, Mass.
• #1026

  Mackerel sky, horse’s tail,
  Make the sailor draw his sail.

  Brookline, Mass.
• #1027

  Mackerel sky,
  Wind blow high.

  Canada.
• #1028

  Mackerel sky,
  Twenty-four hours dry.

  Salem, Mass.
• #1029

  Open and shet,
  Sign of wet.

  Maine and Massachusetts.
• #1030

  Open and shet,
  Sign of more wet.

  Massachusetts.
• #1031

  Open and shet,
  Kind o’ wet.

  Massachusetts.
• #1032

  If raindrops linger on the pane,
  There will be further rain.

• #1033

  Raindrops falling on a river, etc., and raising large bubbles, mean a heavy fall of rain and a flood.

• #1034

  If you can see the reflection of the building, etc., in puddles in the street, it will rain inside of twelve hours.

  Salem, Mass.
• #1035

  When the rain dries up quickly from puddles, it will rain again soon.

  Mattawamkeag, Me.
• #1036

  The rope becoming slack denotes that rain is coming.

  Placentia Bay, N. F.
• #1037

  Sparks on the bottom of the tea-kettle mean rain.

  Patten, Me.
• #1038

  The sun drawing water means rain.

  General in the United States.
• #1039

  When the sun sets in a bank of clouds, there will soon be rain.

  Alabama.
• #1040

  It is believed that a rain may be stopped by putting one umbrella or more out in the rain. The longer left the better.

  New Orleans, La. (negro).
• #1041

  Water boiling over out of a kettle is a sign of rain.

  Labrador.
• #1042

  Water boiling away quickly from the kettle is a sign of rain.

  Newfoundland; general in the United States.
• #1043

  The same, however, is also said to be a sign of mild weather.

  Bay Roberts, N. F.
• #1044

  To eat or sing in the water-closet betokens rain the next day.

  Eastern Massachusetts.
• #1045

  Water low in wells is a sign of rain.

  Placentia Bay, N. F.
• #1046

  Whistle to bring rain.

  Newfoundland.
• #1047

  When you hear a distant locomotive whistle, it is a sign of rain.

  Alabama.
• #1048

  Comes the rain before the wind,
  Then your topsail you must mind.
  Comes the wind before the rain,
  Haul your topsails up again.

  Cape Cod, Mass.
• #1049

  In northerly squalls:—

  If the rain comes before the wind,
  ’T is time your topsail to take in;
  If the wind before the rain,
  You may hoist your topsail up again.

  Labrador.