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
1010. Conjurers can stop rain by throwing up clods of dirt.
_Alabama._
1011. Fog on the hill
Brings water to the mill.
Fog on the moor
Brings the sun to the door.
_New York._
1012. A fog from the hills
Brings water to the mills.
A fog from the sea
Drives all the rain away.
_Prince Edward Island._
1013. Fog on the hill
Brings water to the mill.
Fog in the vale,
Catch all the water in a pail.
_Massachusetts._
1014. Three foggy mornings and then a rain.
_Massachusetts._
1015. It will rain within twenty-four hours of a hoar frost.
_Deerfield, Mass._
1016. When the glass sweats, it is the sign of rainy weather.
_Alabama._
1017. If the ground is black, it means rain.
_Peabody, Mass._
1018. To wear your husband's hat is a sign of rain.
_Massachusetts._
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, Mass._
1021. Mackerel sky,
Rain by and by.
_Massachusetts._
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, Mass._
1024. Mackerel sky
Three days high
Never leaves the earth
Three days dry.
_Massachusetts._
1025. Mackerel's back and the mare's tails
Make lofty ships carry low sails.
_Newburyport, Mass._
1026. Mackerel sky, horse's tail,
Make the sailor draw his sail.
_Brookline, Mass._
1027. Mackerel sky,
Wind blow high.
_Canada._
1028. Mackerel sky,
Twenty-four hours dry.
_Salem, Mass._
1029. Open and shet,
Sign of wet.
_Maine and Massachusetts._
1030. Open and shet,
Sign of more wet.
_Massachusetts._
1031. Open and shet,
Kind o' wet.
_Massachusetts._
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, Mass._
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._
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