_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 ships 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.
1034. If you can see the reflection of the building, etc., in puddles in the street, it will rain inside of twelve hours.
_Salem, Ma.s.s._
1035. When the rain dries up quickly from puddles, it will rain again soon.
_Mattawamkeag, Me._
1036. The rope becoming slack denotes that rain is coming.
_Placentia Bay, N.F._
1037. Sparks on the bottom of the tea-kettle mean rain.
_Patten, Me._
1038. The sun drawing water means rain.
_General in the United States._
1039. When the sun sets in a bank of clouds, there will soon be rain.
_Alabama._
1040. It is believed that a rain may be stopped by putting one umbrella or more out in the rain. The longer left the better.
_New Orleans, La. (negro)._
1041. Water boiling over out of a kettle is a sign of rain.
_Labrador._
1042. Water boiling away quickly from the kettle is a sign of rain.
_Newfoundland; general in the United States._
1043. The same, however, is also said to be a sign of mild weather.
_Bay Roberts, N.F._
1044. To eat or sing in the water-closet betokens rain the next day.
_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._
1045. Water low in wells is a sign of rain.
_Placentia Bay, N.F._
1046. Whistle to bring rain.
_Newfoundland._
1047. When you hear a distant locomotive whistle, it is a sign of rain.
_Alabama._
1048. Comes the rain before the wind, Then your topsail you must mind.
Comes the wind before the rain, Haul your topsails up again.
_Cape Cod, Ma.s.s._
1049. In northerly squalls:--