A collection of proverbs and popular sayings relating to the seasons, the weather, and agricultural pursuits / gathered chiefly from oral tradition. By M.A. Denham.
- Denham, M. A. (Michael Aislabie), -1859.
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A collection of proverbs and popular sayings relating to the seasons, the weather, and agricultural pursuits / gathered chiefly from oral tradition. By M.A. Denham. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![When round the moon there is a brugh* [halo], The weather will be cold and rough. Wind East or West, Is a sign of a blast; Wind North or South, Is a sign of drought.! A leap year, Is never a good sheep year. When the wind is in the North, The skilful fisher goes not forth. To talk of the weather, it’s nothing but folly, For when it rains on the hill, the sun shines in the valley. Where the scythe cuts, and the plough rives, No more fairies and bee-bikes.:[ When the smoke goes west, Good weather is past; When the smoke goes east, Good weather comes neist [next]. * When the halo appears at a distance from the moon, the storm is supposed to be near at hand. When touching the moon, the storm is far off. t To be pronounced “ drouth.” f This term is still in use for a bce’s-nest in a wild state. It is likewise an archaism. “ A byke of waspes bredde in his nose.”—3IS. Cot. Cafig. a. ii., f. 109. C](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2931253x_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
