What the weather is going to be. The children say the ladybird always falls down before rain, and flies away before wet weather. The country people say, if the blackbird and thrush sing before February they will cry before May. If birds flock early in the autumn, a very hard winter may be expected. When the sea sounds heavy with ground swells, or the waves murmur, or a dull, deep roar is heard around distant rocks, storms and gales may be expected.
Rain comes soon when fish bite readily and appear near the surface of the water.
Before thunderstorms they remain inactive. When the wind is in the east, the fish bite little or not at all. This applies to trout and all other fish. Cockles have much sand sticking to their shells before storms. Crabs burrow in the sand before strong gales.