Part 37 (1/2)

_Peabody, Ma.s.s._

1018. To wear your husband's hat is a sign of rain.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

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, Ma.s.s._

1021. Mackerel sky, Rain by and by.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

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, Ma.s.s._

1024. Mackerel sky Three days high Never leaves the earth Three days dry.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1025. Mackerel's back and the mare's tails Make lofty s.h.i.+ps carry low sails.

_Newburyport, Ma.s.s._

1026. Mackerel sky, horse's tail, Make the sailor draw his sail.

_Brookline, Ma.s.s._

1027. Mackerel sky, Wind blow high.

_Canada._

1028. Mackerel sky, Twenty-four hours dry.

_Salem, Ma.s.s._

1029. Open and shet, Sign of wet.

_Maine and Ma.s.sachusetts._

1030. Open and shet, Sign of more wet.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1031. Open and shet, Kind o' wet.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

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.