The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
WEATHER SUPERSTITIONS
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN


To-day being Candlemas Day. the
e-ro,,pd rog v-fl cresD oiI, from, his win
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walk TOT aWhile on lle ple o' carr ''e
lore his l0nE-cloSed door. X CLOUDS bl"t
out the sun, and if snow or rain be fall
ing. he will go checrfully TO work shifting
at tbe hidden roots and seeds. for he
t-,,v-s tbat sr,-{,s- t. ,ot far ay,sv IT
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'o' ''' "'i''' ''''
Hi'ii' cast og prlBh' sun III " cioai 'NS'
ne VIII scurry bacK INTO MS den IN alarm
and close his door for six weeks more,
for winter has not yet gone, and there
win he cold days and storms and suf-
reri,e for tho roorI,- borsed So runs
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man
the New World came fancies, superst-
tions. and mystic signs from the Old.
low far back some Of these supersutions
90 none may say, possibly back 70 iAe
earliest Aryah migration Deioie i'le Jaw"
li'sy ,.f.-,.f- -,-,,.,,
,roeri,a.s c,,tl5~er ,,ba+,e~ native or
,aontad when watching animal or pIant
life to see what weather Mother Nature
means TO send next The flock OF geese
flying southwark in the fall ana north
ward IN the spring means the same 20
l"e cHlIu oL 'ile iui'.a' -'vM i-i's '''..''e'
80, arr,+ % ~. ,,'' Ia - -. Indisn of tra
rlal,e For the earlier the angIo-shaned
,rooe- calls tine eL,y fbe earlier The
,oToina season u,fu fau The breast homo
..,sr,i,ed Dan. rr,r.,l ,,,s,tl,., ,,ror,f,afs "a
Ills God d5v Tf This bo,,e he fb.,ly 81,
.y,u i5a y.ss+rer he II IL he thin tba
davy will pass pleasantly. with little snow
ar fca m mar tba serenity ~ the sea
SON Sometimes tbera are snofs ON tba
non. If the snots arc rod or if Tho
whole homo ba rod "a ocf5 and stormy
,-iy,+s,. nil fotIr7-. md ro,,,-,,-soI,- , fa,,.
-,ote moan d, mild u.f7tsr
Students of TODAY arxious to nrobe
.foo,. into all ,b5rre t,,,, ,,,,,, ., .,,r,y,,I
A. ~. 60, 60. 49,.
0'NN' va many va '".' '' ''''
"Hilil"i "uIlu' ana '"iIiill ana ui'pa9s''Il-
dteiy nave declared that breast bones
Of geese, selected with due regard 70 time
and condition, are contradictory. both as
regards their character and the manner
,f tbair ,,ta~y.rat,ti,,, q. To tber, tine
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.'''7' go ~ 80 o"'' ','-. 81 go"
@N7"'pl'iIeu' lot lie AIs' c"lI "'lu sUs
sests 20 the Iea'heIed 'Tioe the oeIsh's
teaches them to follow the suggestion
THAT their fights are premature is an
parent to close observers" say the
man Of science when told that the
Wild ducks and geese OF the Northern
axes nave orc" p'es"Et" an carry vo'u
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nr7nbat NV the naonIa Who love old fra
dirions. The Gardeners Chronicle tells
,hat igst before winter sets in the mole
digs "a basin Of clay i'm his den. a basin
that will hold about quart This he
thriftily fills with worms. mutilatiug them
slightly. So they cannot escape. These
are for his winter feeding. and If me
builds few basins it is a sign that the
winter viii be mild and short. Poor Rob
ms Almanack Of 1923 tells us 20 watch The
way the hedgehog builds her home for
the winter. The door OF her house Will seI
opposite the direction from which the
prevailing. winter winds win blow. and
from that the husbaudman was invited to
determine whether the winter would be
mild or severe. Bears are said to lay up
food OF some kind when severe winter
is 90 be met, and they, too, are said 20
venture out shadow hunting on Candle
mas Day, just as the ground hog does.
mere is an uid German saving Drought
over TO America and stll hGrbored among
those of German descent. that IF a cat
baeks I'm the sun i'm February she nuet
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Stil"h Win thr leIae l''tholt. me
average winter shows warm PERIODS in
February and cold periods IN March,
and her catship the reverei Of ancient
Egypt the SUSPECTED of early New Eng
land witch haters. is set at naught as a
weather prophet There is a centuries
-ore-paw above her ear I'm her morning
abluuonS rain is sure TO follow but
science mocks even this.
ENer since the hTst caVenan pee'ed
io'" ms T"oe doorway ana 'e5eLdea with
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ECU 'l-DiSo '',''I O'' '''o Lloiis'o va
~. '''o,!I ".Iu ui1 A'u w 'eIS l"sul-i1''-l''
NN'o, I"',-NLHE le L-"u ulaeo'eIeu d. CoI--
'crIi'" uel"eeH t"e weather anu tie
.. .l.ou'l. l-l.,.' Io"5'ei. ne iHaue
.o''osh ,'lN 'leal-uh Vl 'i'e subject a"V
~ '1ElNe pIooI 'Hal az MS loi 'I.e'
us were erroneous Farmers iar
'".'N'l i'oN''b az 'ls ne" moon VIII
H Wen 1''e n9'i'S y, '' t"5 moon point up
"aIu' We Nil nave d uiy nonlh' Inc
moon is AoiuiHg ND wafer. IT lhe points
turn down, ne VIII say, we VIII have