The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-04-28
The Sun and the Weather.

been associated with IL, not to men
ton the ma nifold proguostics that
have been drawn from the pheuome-
na OF nature. Thus. not only has
each country it's own popular lore
for forecasting the weather, bat this
oftenti,Des varies in different local..
ties. different loo alities possessing
pieces Of weather -wisdom peculiar
to themselves. Among tho most
curious are those relating to the sun.
From time immemorial indications
Of the coming weather have been
foretold from its various aspects
Thus vaigil. 10 his 6rst Georsic (i3S)
allides to these
above the rest, the sun, who never
lies,
Foretells the charge Of weather Is tn @
skies
For II he rise unwilling to his race,
Clouds OH his brow, and spots upon
his face,
Or IL through mists he shoots his sui
len beams,
Frugal OF light, in loose and struggling
streams,
a drizzling day. and southern
rain,
Fatal to fruits and hocks and promis-
ed grain"
Amongst most nations the sun q
re- iness on rising or setting has
been regarded as ominous, and furn
ished materials for various proverbs.
One old English adage informs Us
that
IF red the sun begins his race,
Be sure that rain will fall u pace
a notion referred to by Christ in st.
Matthew's Gosple (xvi, 2. 81: "When
it is evening. ye say, 1t will be fair
weather, for the sky is red; and III
the morning. 1t will be foul weather
to-day, for the sky is red and lower
ing 1t may be remembered, too
how graphically Shakespeare speaks
Of this popular rule in his "venns
aud Adouis'
Like red morn, that ever yet be
tokened
Wreck to the seamen, tempest to thu
field,
Sorrow to shepherds, who unto the
birds,
Gusts and foul flaws to herdinen ano
10 herds"
And the familiar rhyme tells u
how
Sky red in the morning
Is sailors warning"
In Milan, We are told, referring T.
Continental observations, that 'i
tie moru be red, rain IL at hand
aud. again, If the sky be red when
the morning star is shining, there
will be rain during the week." As i
well known, however, q rod sunset i,
just as propitious ~ the former il
uulucky > "a red sky ut night be
Ing a shepherds dsli, ,ht,' and. nc
cording to a saying fornely very
current ip England,
'vThe evening red, morning gray,
Is sign Of fair day"
Indeed, there ar numerous pro
verbs on this subject, all to the sum
purpose, a Scotch one being AS fol
fows.
''The evening red and the morning
gray
Is the sign OF bright and cheer.
day;
The evening gary and the morning
red,
Put on your hat, or you'll wet you
head"
There is q prevalent notion tba
il a change of weather occurs abou
the time when the sun IL crossing
meridian, it will be for twelve hour
at least, The proverbs relating l.
the sunset are even. perhaps NOR
numerous than those associate
with sunrise, every aspect beiui
supposed to denote to comm
weather. Tins Shakespeare, il
Richard II iii A., referring to a pop
ular beli-i, tells how
The sun sets weeping in the lowl
west,
Witnessing storms to come, woe, an,
unrest"
| Aud when, too, 1t sets like ba
tof fre. it is said to have "water i
its eve Again. q pale sunset is
bad sign, il We may believe th
rhyme
III the sun goes pale to bed,
| Twill rain tomorrow, 1t is said. y
A hazy sunset, tob. is espec all
, unsatisfactory, for are told ih
"when The cir is basy, so that Il