NANCY'S NOTES
Weather lore
We are now officially in winter, and if all predictions come true, we have a lot of cold, nasty winter ahead. Meteorologists have an amazing amount of technology at their fingertips to help them predict what is to come. Back in earlier days, folks relied on weather patterns which came to be known as “folk lore.” The following list contains some of the weather lore that many people still follow to know when to work the ground and plant the seeds. Do you rely on any of this weather lore?
Fog in January brings a wet spring.
If bees get out in February, the next day will be windy and rainy.
Fogs in February mean frosts in May.
Winter’s back breaks about the middle of February.
When March has April weather, April will have March weather.
Thunder in March betokens a fruitful year.
Dust in March brings grass and foliage.
If it thunders on All Fools’ Day, it brings good crops of corn and hay.
Moist April, clear June.
Cloudy April, dewy May.
Snow in April is manure.
Hoar frost on May 1st indicates a good harvest.
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay.
A good leak in June, sets all in tune.
When it is hottest in June, it will be coldest in the corresponding days of the next February.
If the 1st of July be rainy weather, it will rain more or less for three weeks together.
If the first week in August is unusually warm, the winter will be white and long.
Thunderstorms after St. Bartholomew (Aug. 24th) are mostly violent.
When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.
Fair on September 1st, fair for the month.
Heavy September rains bring drought.
If on September 19th there is a storm from the south, a mild winter may be expected.
Much rain in October, much wind in December.
For every fog in October, a snow in the winter.
Full Moon in October without frost, no frost till Full Moon in November.
Thunder in November, a fertile year to come.
Flowers in bloom late in autumn indicate a bad winter.
Thunder in December presages fine weather.
A green Christmas, a white Easter.
If it rains much during the twelve days after Christmas, it will be a wet year.
