Current superstitions : $b collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk
General
Current superstitions : $b collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk
Folklore -- England; Folklore -- United States
944. Saturday's moon comes seven years too soon, and denotes bad weather.
_Newfoundland._
945. Sunday's sail
Will never fail.
_Topsail Bay, N.F._
946. Weather is apt to repeat itself in the following week, _i.e._, there
will be a run of wet Sundays or fine Tuesdays, etc.
_Brookline, Mass._
947. The first seven days of January indicate the first seven months of
the year. Mild days, mild months, etc.
_Nova Scotia._
948. If March comes in like a lamb, it goes out like a lion, and _vice
versa_.
_General in the United States._
949. The corn is planted when the Baltimore orioles appear, or when the
first green is noticed on the oak-trees.
_Milton, Mass._
950. A dry May and a wet June
Make the farmer whistle a merry tune.
_Franklin Centre, R.I._
951. It rains often on July fourth. That is due to the firing of cannon,
etc.
_General in the United States._
952. If there is a wet September, there will be a next summer's drouth;
no crops and famine.
_California._
953. If it rains on Easter, it will rain seven Sundays thereafter.
_Hennepin, Ill._
954. A green Christmas makes a full churchyard, or
A green Christmas makes a fat graveyard.
_General in the United States._
955. The twelve days at Christmas govern the weather of the months of the
coming year.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
956. The twelve days at Christmas time make the almanac for the year.
_Massachusetts._
957. It is a general notion that a cold winter is followed by a hot
summer, and _vice versa_.
958. It always rains while the Cadets are in camp.
_Eastern Massachusetts._
959. It always rains during May meetin's.
_Boston, Mass._
960. It always rains during a cattle-show.
_Deerfield, Mass._
961. Women "cruising," _i.e._, visiting about on "pot-days," especially
Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, when people have their best dinner
(usually pork and cabbage) in the pot, is a sign of bad weather. But it
is also said that it is a sign of mild weather.
_Newfoundland and Labrador._
FAIR OR FOUL.
962. Of a change:--
Long looked for
Long last,
Short notice,
Soon past.
_Brookline, Mass._
963. From twelve till two
Tells what the day will do.
_New England._
964. If it rains before seven
It will drip before eleven.
_Eastern Maine._
965. If it rain before seven
It will quit before eleven.
_Prince Edward Island and, Maine, Massachusetts, and Northern
Ohio._
966. If a storm clears off in the night, pleasant weather will last but a
few hours.
_Northern Ohio._
967. In uncertain or threatening weather it is said that if you can see a
piece of blue sky big enough to make a pair of breeches, it will clear
off.
_Maine, Massachusetts, and Northern Ohio._
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