Weather Sayings General Rain before seven, fine by eleven A sun shiny shower, won’t last half an hour Clear moon, frost soon When bees stay close to the hive, rain is close by Moss dry, sunny sky; moss wet, rain you’ll get When smoke descends, good weather ends A cow’s tail to the west is weather coming at its best; A cow’s tail to the east is weather coming at its least Flies will swarm before a storm Fast runs the ant as the mercury rises If crows fly low, wind’s going to blow; If crows fly high, wind’s going to die No weather is ill if the wind is still If the moon rises with a halo round Soon we’ll tread on deluged ground When sea birds fly to land There truly is a storm at hand Whether the weather be hot, Or whether the weather be not; We’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not! Pale moon doth rain, Red moon doth blow; White moon doth neither rain nor snow. When the stars begin to huddle, The earth will soon become a puddle A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com When your joints all start to ache, Rainy weather is at stake Spring If February brings no rain, ‘Tis neither good for grass nor grain March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb If Candlemas Day (February 2nd) be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight; But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain, Winter is gone – it will not come again April showers bring May flowers If it thunders on All Fools’ Day, It brings good crops of corn and hay Summer Change not a clout ‘til May be out A dripping June keeps all things in tune A dry May and a dripping June, Make the farmer whistle a happy tune Mist in June will bring all things into tune St Swithin’s Day (July 15th), if it do rain, For forty days it will remain. St. Swithin’s Day an’ it be fair, For forty days ‘twill rain nae mair This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com Autumn If the 24th August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous Autumn that year In October dung your field And your land its wealth will yield A tough apple skin means a hard winter Winter Snow like cotton, soon forgotten Snow like meal, it’ll snow a great deal A wet January, a wet spring A year of snow, a year of plenty This is a Seomra Ranga resource. It is free of copyright for classroom use. All other uses are strictly © copyright. All rights reserved. www.seomraranga.com