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.
Superstition #1049
Source: Current Superstitions (1896), entry 1049.
Fanny D. Bergen, editor.
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