The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-13
QUAINT WEATHER PROVERBS.
Popular superstitions Connected with
February.

| Popular Superstitions Connected with
February.
! OF weather proverbs there is no end, and
a few which apply to 'double faced Feb
ruary" will be read with interest and noted
carefully.
The French have a proverb that Feb
ruary rain is only good to fill bitches, and
! the Germans say heavy north winds in
| Februarv forebode a fruitful year"
According 10 another proyerb 1889 ought
to be a good fax year as
February bright and clear
Gives a good fax year.
Feb. 2, is also widely known as ground
| hog day. and IF the ground hog is summing
himself on Feb. 2 he will return for four
weeks to his winter quarters again"
: est. Dorothea the 9TH gives the most
| snow" is another saving. and "When the
cat Ia February lies in tine sun, she will
| again creep behind the stove in March," is
another prov ,rb Another is, "Ot all the
months in year, curse a fair February"
az on the Pad of F. bruary the goose finds
| it wet, then tie sheep will have grass on
the 18th Of March," but this does not con-
| sist with another saying that when drops
! hang on the fence on the Cad Of February.
| icicles Will hang there on the 18th Of
| March" As there was no rain on Feb. 2,
last, the reader can supply his own con
| lecture.
For every thunder with rain in Febru-
| arv there will be cold spell in May"
In Sweden the nights If Feb. 20 and
| 2S, are called steel nj hts" on account Of
their cutting severity.
he is harmony of prOgnostics in the
couplets below, one Of which Is:
If February give much snow
A fine summer 1t doth foreshow.
And the Other,
February doth cut and shear,
February fill dixie
Be it black or be it white;
But if it be white
LIS better to ike.
The demonstrations for the entire year
are Jumped in the cOuplet,
On. Romanus C28th) bright and clear
Indicates a good year
There is another proverb which says
there is always one fiue week in February"
and one which tells us that "winter's back
breaks about the middle of February"
But one of the Quajnte,t proverbs of the
month is that one which says, IF it
SHOWS on Feb. g only as much as to be seen
on black OK. then summer will come
soon."
There are two proverbs for Feb. % One
is IF cold at st. Peters day (Feh. ~ it
VIII last longer" and the other THE night
of st. Peters shows what weather we will
have for the next forty days"
w he weather prophets vary so widely
about the best plan is to wait until the
science OF meteorology has successfully re-
solved al doubts and is able to predict with
| accuracy what the elements have in store
for Us, until which time we will be as much
| in the dark as the old BedfOrdshire farmer
a represented il the followi z lines:
! Well, Duncombe. how will be the weather.
! Sir it looks cloudy altogether,
| And coming across our Houghton Green,
| l stopped and talked with old Frank Beane.
| While stood there. sir, old Jan Swain
| Went by and said he knowed 'twould rain
! The next that came was Master Hunt,
! And he declared he Knew it wouldn't
| And then l met with Farmer Blow,
| He plainly slid he didn't know,
| SO, sir, when doctors disagree
| Who's to decide il, you or me-"