WOW ..... that's like the crow that brought Noah an olive to signify er ... what the hell was that all about
Omens
If you find an even ash, or four-leafed clover,
You will see your love afore the day is over.
Pale moon doth rain,
Red moon doth blow,
White moon doth neither rain or snow
Rainbow in the east,
Sailors at peace.
Rainbows in the west,
Sailors in distress.
If bees stay at home, rain will soon come;
If they fly away, fine will be the day.
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.
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.
When the wind is in the east,
'Tis neither good for man or beast;
When the wind is in the north,
The skillful fisher goes not forth;
When the wind is in the south,
It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;
When the wind is in the west,
Then tis at it's very best.
When the dew is on the grass,
Rain will never come to pass.
Comes the rain before the wind,
Then your topsoil you must mind.
Comes the wind before the rain,
Haul your topsoil up again.
Fog on the hill
Brings water to the mill.
Fog on the moor
Brings sun to the door.
If the moon shows a silver shield,
Be not afraid to reap your field.
When the stars begin to huddle
The earth will soon become a puddle
No weather is ill
If the wind be still.
A scratch up and down
Is a lover found,
A scratch across
Is a lover lost.
On Spider colors:
Black, sad
Brown, glad,
White, good luck attend you.
Onion's skin very thin,
Mild winter's coming in.
Onion's skin thick and tough,
Coming winter cold and rough.
On meeting magpies, ravens or crows:
One's lucky,
Two's unlucky,
Three is health,
Four is wealth,
Five is sickness,
And six is death.
If the cock molt before the hen,
We shall have weather thick and thin,
But if the hen molt before the cock,
We shall have weather hard as a block.
Charms
Collected by John Aubrey in 1687, in the modern version it reads:
Rain, rain go away,
Come again another day
[Little Johnny wants to play]
If you wish to live and thrive,
Let the spider walk alive.
To determine if the next day be good or foul weather:
A garden snail is held over a candle; repeat these lines:
Snail, snail,
Put out your horns,
I'll give you bread
And Barley corns.
If it "puts out its horns", the day will be fair.
For good luck:
Magpie, magpie,
Chatter and flee,
Turn up thy tail,
And good luck to me.
A charm for use when churning butter:
Repeat three times:
Come butter, come,
Come butter, come,
Peter stands at the gate
Waiting for a butter cake.
Come butter, come.
