The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-12-08
OId Weather Proverbs.


as are in most general use among us but
Nopld promise that some Of them are common 4
every eoanty in England How true Is the well
known ssyug;
Rveninr gray and morning red
sends the Shepherd vet bed
kysniag red And ra0Tni NJ gay
Is The sure siga Of Avsry ans day.
And this
Nseksrei sky. nAsksrsl sky.
Never long wet, never long dry.
And this
Rain before seven.
Fine before eleven.
And this again
rainbow In the morning
Is the shepherds warning
A rainboE Al night
Is the shepherds delight
which is OOr hoEey way Of expressing the fam,
Gus lines Of Byron;
De Ihou the rainbow to the storms Of life,
Ihs evcainE beam that smiles the clouds away
And ,ints te-merTov with prophetic ray.
Theu. again, how true is the old Wiltshire say.
ing;
When the wind is northwest
The weather Is a, the best
But n the rain comes ont Of the east.
Twill rain twiestWenty-fOur hours AT least.
These are general proverbs applicable to all
times but We have an unusual number Of prov
erbs in Wiltshire which describe the evils too ad
vanced vegetation in prOcocious spring. Thus
for January We have
II the grass grows in JAniveer.
Il grows the worse fort all the year.
And again
January spring
i worth nothing.
For February:
OF all the months in the year
Curse iair Febrneer.
So again for March. in true Wiltshire language
As many nisiises in March,
So many frostiSes in May.
All the well known adage
u March in like lion. i, goes out like lamb
II it comes in like lamb, it goes out like lion.
For April again:
A cold April
The barn viii hll.
And again:
April showers
Bring sumner aowers.s
Another, landing the prOlOngauou Of the fierce
winds Of March:
When April blows his horn
lis good beth for hay sad corn.
While even for May We have:
Mist in May aud heat in June,
Makes the harvest come right soon.
AID again:
Who doEs his coat on $ winters day.
VIII gladly pat t % May.
And for June
A dripping June
Brings ali things in tune.
Every one OF these proverbs relating to the
6rst SIX months of the year, prOcIaims the &C
knoEledgei fact that prolonged winter and a
tardy spring bespeaks more abundant crops and
more assured plenty than the pleasanter, however
unreasonable, warmth which sometimes gladiens
all hearts 10 winter and early spring. Nor is this
belief peculiar to our country, or even to Eng
land 1t is held quite as much in the south Of
Europe. Fer the Italians have proverb Jan.
uary commits the faults aud May bears the
blame = and II is a common saying 10 Spain, a A
year OF snow, a year OF plenty" Moreover. that
such premature milduess Of the season does not
in reslity advance vegetation, everybody who
Possesses garien knows to his cost. And here
again we have several Wiltshire proverbs reIat-
ing 10 this TACT, aud containing very Eelghty
truths. one runs thus
Be 1t veal or be 1t woe
Beans blow before Nay doth 50.
Another says:
Come it early or come it late,
In May comes ihs corn qaAke.
And third;
Plant your 'tAturs when you will.
They won't come up before April.
Bot sgain Ee have Wiltshire sayings which az
6rms. what believe to be an equally undeoiable
truth, that altogether with prolonged winter
and dripping spring, dry summer is to be de-
sired hy the husbandmau. That however. is q
season we scarcely seem to have experienced this
year, when the old DevOushirs prOverb. applica-
ble enOugh 10 that rainy county might have been
quoted with much truth. even here:
The vest wind always brings wet weather,
The east wind wet aud cold together;
The south wind surely bring Us rain
The north wind blows it back sgain.
Showing that from whatever point Of the CON-
pass the wind blows, rain is sure to fall.
There is a very cariOus old Wiltshire preju-
dice against new moon occurring on Saturday,
which, il not common in The country now, pre-
vailed not many years since, bat the origin Of
which and the meaning of which an at loss
to cOajectare. Il is handed down 10 the follow
ing proveFb:
A Saturdays moon.
Ifit comes once in ssrea years,
Comes once to soon
Equally uufounded. though more easily account
ed Tor. is the notion which prevails among our
people that the weather on Friday differs from
that of all other dass. The saying Ia
To every other day in the week
Friday d not alike.
A somewhat ObscurslE wOrdsd sentiment bot
doubtless originated il the sane principle which
causes sailors 70 dread putting out to sea on a
FridAs. viz. the casiou. once reIigiOasIy observ-
ed, Of keeping Friday as weekly fast
A RErAExAnLr MAs.-The Emperor Of Germany
Is one ef the most remarkable men in Europe He is
now in his soth year and seems no more inelined to
rest than ordinary nen at hais that age This past
season he has been particalArly HctiTe- The EnPe-