Weather Signs.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 16, 14 October 1908, Page 60

Weather Signs.

Any one can be a weather prophet, more or less infallible. The following rules are laid down by an expert: — “Bees work with redoubled energy just before rain. If the flies are unusually persistent, either in the house or around stock, there is rain in the air. The cricket sings at the approach Of cold weather. The buds of deciduous trees have a firmer protecting coat if a severe winter is at hand. If the poplars’ leaves turn up the under side, rain will toon follow. If the camphor bottle becomes turbid it is going to storm; when it clears settled weather may be expected. This idea has seemingly been utilised in the manufactures of barometers. The main trouble is they seldom foretell the change until about the time it arrives. Last, but not least, rheumatics can always tell it in their bones when a storm is approaching, and of this prognostication the octogenarian of to-day is as firm an advocate as were his forefathers.”