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by Ernest Thompson Seton   

When the dew is on the grass, 
Rain will never come to pass.

When the grass is dry at night, 
Look for rain before the light.

When grass is dry at morning light, 
Look for rain before the night.

Three days' rain will empty any sky.

A deep, clear sky of fleckless blue 
Breeds storms within a day or two.

When the wind is in the east, 
It's good for neither man nor beast. 
When the wind is in the north, 
The old folk should not venture forth. 
When the wind is in the south, 
It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth. 
When the wind is in the west, 
It is of all the winds the best.

An opening and a shetting 
Is a sure sign of a wetting.

(Another version)

Open and shet, 
Sure sign of wet.

(Still another)

It's lighting up to see to rain.

Evening red and morning gray 
Sends the traveler on his way. 
Evening gray and morning red 
Sends the traveler home to bed.

Red sky at morning, the shepherd takes warning; 
Red sky at night is the shepherd's delight.

If the sun goes down cloudy Friday, sure of a clear Sunday.
If a rooster crows standing on a fence or high place, it will clear. If on the ground, it doesn't count.

Between eleven and two 
You can tell what the weather is going to do.

Rain before seven, clear before eleven.

Fog in the morning, bright sunny day.
If it rains, and the sun is shining at the same time, the devil is whipping his wife and it will surely rain tomorrow.
If it clears off during the night, it will rain again shortly.
Sun drawing water, sure sign of rain.

A circle round the moon means "storm." As many stars as are in circle, so many days before it will rain.

Sudden heat brings thunder.

A storm that comes against the wind is always a thunderstorm.

The oak and the ash draw lightning. Under the birch, the cedar, and balsam you are safe.

East wind brings rain.

West wind brings clear, bright, cool weather.

North wind brings cold.

South wind brings heat. (On Atlantic coast.)

The rain-crow or cuckoo (both species) is supposed by all hunters to foretell rain when its "Kow, kow, kow" is long and hard.

So, also, the tree-frog cries before rain.

Swallows flying low is a sign of rain; high, of clearing weather.

The rain follows the wind, and the heavy blast is just before the shower.

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