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.