The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
wsxTEn AND IT'S FORECASTS.
1aAe Rhymes Country Felix Learn
to Rely On.

HTyoHE weather prophets OF al ages have
III done fnI justice to the wiafer e1a-
suE. Some u the forecasts have
been thrown into rude rhymes.
which the country folk have learned 10 rely
Oh for generations. 50fz=s agaaat rhymes
ard sayings ara quoted In the Country Life
Illustrated. some OF them resuarkabia for
their brextty and curious reasoning. In
Scotland, the writer says. and In the north
ern counties. IL lg EaJ5 tkas the SHOW o. ths
coming winter frst makes rs appearance
during the harvest Ia tas large Snowy
locking Clouds that rise along tbs horizon:
and. On the Continent. there Is ar old say
ing that III she gun fails on tie s3ow.
there VIII be SHOW, and snow. aEG sn0w
yet again Fiiny tells gs TIA; a fair ard
dry autumn brings IN always windy win
ter" while q Greek proverss has Il that IL
the early autumn Is mid the sheep geaer-
ally suffer from famine. ard also If the
late autumn IL unusually bright tie Hpriag
ts cold. A general Fgig, ard Il Latin
manuscript OF TIE seventeenth century says
that ~ wet autumn followed ~ a IN u
winter In the forerunner Of dry. c0ld
spring." A short Jingle has IL thus
"Clsar autumn. windy winter
Warm autumn. long wanteE.'
which In not particularly raaSsHring 10
those who are looking forward 10 the CON-
Ing winter with somewhat anxious feei~
indicates a cold aud early winter. and
again:
much fog in autumn. much snow in win
ter"
A Yorkshire adage runs:
Short haryes,s make xhort ade.ings."
or earnings. and weil-known rhyme runs:
IF you would fruit have.
You MUS. bring the leaf 10 the grave
or. In other words. you must transplant in
the autumn. An Italian proyero says:
Winter never rots Ia the sky
A juggling rhyme runs:
"sumsner In winter and summers aoed,
Never hoded an Englishnsan good
which Ia also nies with In another ga.se.
thus:
winter thunder and summer food
Never BODIED an Engilshmaa good.'
and also
''wintsr thunder
Poor mans death. rich mans hunger.
Winter thunder,
Rich mans good aud poor mans hunger"
In other words. IL II COED for fruit ard
bad for corn, while II also has the addition
81 advantage OF being right both ways Our
own proyerh of green winter making 4
Fat churchyard is also Ia be found I'm China
In France 1t IL said thai a warm winter
and cool summer never brought "A good
harvest. and in Scotland they say that
''Whte don. his coat on winter'a day.
VIII gladly pat II on In May"
while in The same country an early winter
Ii alluded TO thus:
AN air. Writer
sasr winter.
while another proverb runs thar ''if the
lee VIII bear goose before Christmas Il
viii rot bear duck after" Agriculturists
are advised 10 Neither eIya credit 10 a
clear winter nor a cs0ady spring" while
long winter and late spring are both
good for hay and grain. but bad for corn
and garden.
Another authority tells us that IN fair
day In winter IL the mother Of "A Storm
while or the contrary the Chinese say
THAT nobody complains about hundred
fne days TIA winter" IN Efeece Il t. said
that IF taere Is much rain sa the winter
the spring il generally dry. and IL the win
ter Is dry the spring L. rainy and tn Am
erica IL - noted That After ra.uy winter
follows "a truthful spring" Again. We ara
told that
"a winter fog
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