Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

Predicting
for 40 days ‘twill rain nae mair.”
‘March winds April showers, bring forth May flowers’
Warm wind, the west wind, full of bird cries’
‘Mares tails cause ship to lower sails’
‘Rainbow at night is sailor’s delight; rainbow in morning is sailor’s
warning’
‘When dew is on the grass, no rain will come to pass’
‘Hens scratching and mares’ tails
Make tall ships carry small sails’
‘The nearer the kingfisher is to the house, the nearer the rain’
‘Watch where is the opening to the hedgehog’s nest – wind will
blow the other way’- means that winter severe our way.’
‘Oak before Ash; only a splash;
Ash before Oak, in for a soak.’
‘A leaking May and a warm June,
bring on the harvest very soon.’(Scotland)
FROM EUROPE
‘January wet, no wine you get ‘(Southern Europe)
‘When March has April weather,
April will have March weather.’(France)
‘Rain before seven, shine before eleven’
‘Cow with its tail to the west makes weather the best, cow with
its tail to the east makes weather the least.’
‘Frost on the shortest day(22 nd Dec)
‘When it rains in August,
it rains honey and wine.’(France and Spain)
FROM AUSTRALIA
‘Mamamtus brings storm with bad NE gale’
‘Scarlet sky sunset or morning means rain’
‘Yellow sky at sunset means wind on the morrow
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