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PROVERB
MORNING GREY AND EVENING RED,
BRINGS DOWN RAIN ON SAILOR'S HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
WEATHER PROVERB - IN VERSE
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION; GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
IF IT COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION.
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
WEATHER
MARES TAILS AND MACKREL SKY
NOT YET WET AND NOT YET DRY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WEATHER RHYMES
MACKEREL SKY,
RAIN IS NIGH.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
WEATHER RHYMES
MACKEREL SKY FIVE MILES HIGH
LETS THE EARTH GO THREE DAYS DRY.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
MACKEREL SKY
MACKEREL SKY, MACKEREL SKY,
NEVER LONG WET, NEVER LONG DRY.
MACKEREL SCALES AND MARES' TAILS
MAKE LOFTY SHIPS CARRY LOW SAILS.
Submitter comment: USED BY SEAFARING MEN ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): FISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
ST.SWITHIN'S DAY
ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, IF THOU DOST RAIN,
FOR FORTY DAYS IT WILL REMAIN;
ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, IF THOU BE FAIR,
FOR FORTY DAYS 'TWILL RAIN NA MAIR.
Submitter comment:
RECALLED FROM CHILDHOOD
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
PREDICTION DIVINATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
THE SOUTH WIND BRINGS WET WEATHER
THE NORTH WIND WET AND COLD TOGETHER
THE WEST WIND ALWAYS BRINGS US RAIN
THE EAST WIND BLOWS IT BACK AGAIN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A RED ANT, THERE WILL BE SUNSHINE.
STEP ON A BLACK ANT, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
WEATHER PROVERB
A SUMMER FOG WILL ROAST A HOG;
A WINTER FOG WILL FREEZE A DOG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD WHILE LIVING IN THE
THUMB DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
WEATHER PROVERB
SUNDAY SAIL, NEVER FAIL
FRIDAY SAIL, ILL LUCK AND GALE
Submitter comment:
NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE, B. A. BATKINS,
CROWN PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Keyword(s): BOAT WATER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
A SUNNY SHOWER NEVER LASTS AN HOUR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
WEATHER RHYMES
THUNDER IN THE MORNING, ALL THE DAY STORMING;
THUNDER AT NIGHT IS THE SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): {METEOROGICALLY INCORRECT}
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
WEATHER
A VEERING WIND WILL CLEAR THE SKY;
A BACKING WIND SAYS STORMS ARE NIGH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
A DEVONSHIRE RHYME
WALK FAST IN SNOW
IN FROST WALK SLOW
AND STILL AS YOU GO
TREAD ON YOUR TOE
WHEN FROST AND SNOW ARE BOTH TOGETHER
SIT BY THE FIRE AD SPARE SHOE LEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WINTER TRAVEL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WEATHER PREDICTION
WHEN A COW TRIES TO SCRATCH HER EAR,
IT MEANS A SHOWER IS VERY NEAR.
WHEN SHE THUMPS HER RIBS WITH HER TAIL,
LOOK OUT FOR THUNDER, LIGHTENING, AND HAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; H WDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
WEATHER PROVERB OR RHYME
WHEN CHRISTMAS IS WHITE
THE GRAVEYARD IS LEAN
BUT FAT IS THE GRAVEYARD
WHEN CHRISTMAS IS GREEN.
Submitter comment:
BALKINS, B.A. _NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE_
CROWN PUBLISHERS: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Keyword(s): DEATH SNOW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WHEN CLOUDS APPEAR LIKE ROCKS AND TOWERS
THE EARTH'S REFRESHED BY FREQUENT SHOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER RAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WEATHER PROVERB
WHEN THE ASS BEGINS TO BRAY, WE'LL SURELY HAVE RAIN THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CITES "NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE" BY B.A. BUTKINS, CROWN
PUBLISHERS OF NEW YORK, AS A SOURCE OF THIS PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
PROVERB
WHEN THE DEW IS ON THE GRASS,
RAIN WILL NEVER COME TO PASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN