Weather Sayings
General
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Rain before seven, fine by eleven
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A sun shiny shower, won’t last half an hour
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Clear moon, frost soon
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When bees stay close to the hive, rain is close by
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Moss dry, sunny sky; moss wet, rain you’ll get
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When smoke descends, good weather ends
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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
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Flies will swarm before a storm
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Fast runs the ant as the mercury rises
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If crows fly low, wind’s going to blow;
If crows fly high, wind’s going to die
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No weather is ill if the wind is still
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If the moon rises with a halo round
Soon we’ll tread on deluged ground
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When sea birds fly to land
There truly is a storm at hand
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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!
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Pale moon doth rain,
Red moon doth blow;
White moon doth neither rain nor snow.
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When the stars begin to huddle,
The earth will soon become a puddle
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A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain
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When your joints all start to ache,
Rainy weather is at stake
Spring
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If February brings no rain,
‘Tis neither good for grass nor grain
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March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb
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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
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April showers bring May flowers
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If it thunders on All Fools’ Day,
It brings good crops of corn and hay
Summer
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Change not a clout ‘til May be out
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A dripping June keeps all things in tune
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A dry May and a dripping June,
Make the farmer whistle a happy tune
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Mist in June will bring all things into tune
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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
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Autumn
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If the 24th August be fair and clear,
Then hope for a prosperous Autumn that year
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In October dung your field
And your land its wealth will yield
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A tough apple skin means a hard winter
Winter
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Snow like cotton, soon forgotten
Snow like meal, it’ll snow a great deal
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A wet January, a wet spring
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A year of snow, a year of plenty
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