Current Superstitions Part 37

_Peabody, Ma.s.s._

1018. To wear your husband's hat is a sign of rain.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1019. Talking of horses is a sign of rain.

_Labrador._

1020. Mackerel sky Five miles high Lets the earth Go three days dry.

_Miller's River, Ma.s.s._

1021. Mackerel sky, Rain by and by.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1022. A mackerel sky is a sign of a storm.

_Prince Edward Island._

1023. Mackerel sky, Rain is nigh.

or

Mackerel sky, Rain to-morrow.

_Brookline, Ma.s.s._

1024. Mackerel sky Three days high Never leaves the earth Three days dry.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1025. Mackerel's back and the mare's tails Make lofty s.h.i.+ps carry low sails.

_Newburyport, Ma.s.s._

1026. Mackerel sky, horse's tail, Make the sailor draw his sail.

_Brookline, Ma.s.s._

1027. Mackerel sky, Wind blow high.

_Canada._

1028. Mackerel sky, Twenty-four hours dry.

_Salem, Ma.s.s._

1029. Open and shet, Sign of wet.

_Maine and Ma.s.sachusetts._

1030. Open and shet, Sign of more wet.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1031. Open and shet, Kind o' wet.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

1032. If raindrops linger on the pane, There will be further rain.

1033. Raindrops falling on a river, etc., and raising large bubbles, mean a heavy fall of rain and a flood.

1034. If you can see the reflection of the building, etc., in puddles in the street, it will rain inside of twelve hours.

_Salem, Ma.s.s._

1035. When the rain dries up quickly from puddles, it will rain again soon.

_Mattawamkeag, Me._

1036. The rope becoming slack denotes that rain is coming.

_Placentia Bay, N.F._

1037. Sparks on the bottom of the tea-kettle mean rain.

_Patten, Me._

1038. The sun drawing water means rain.

_General in the United States._

1039. When the sun sets in a bank of clouds, there will soon be rain.

_Alabama._

1040. It is believed that a rain may be stopped by putting one umbrella or more out in the rain. The longer left the better.

_New Orleans, La. (negro)._

1041. Water boiling over out of a kettle is a sign of rain.

_Labrador._

1042. Water boiling away quickly from the kettle is a sign of rain.

_Newfoundland; general in the United States._

1043. The same, however, is also said to be a sign of mild weather.

_Bay Roberts, N.F._

1044. To eat or sing in the water-closet betokens rain the next day.

_Eastern Ma.s.sachusetts._

1045. Water low in wells is a sign of rain.

_Placentia Bay, N.F._

1046. Whistle to bring rain.

_Newfoundland._

1047. When you hear a distant locomotive whistle, it is a sign of rain.

_Alabama._

1048. Comes the rain before the wind, Then your topsail you must mind.

Comes the wind before the rain, Haul your topsails up again.

_Cape Cod, Ma.s.s._

1049. In northerly squalls:--