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JIM: Weather Signs, 100 years ago, Feb 1916 
The old-timers, like Linda's Granddaddy Marcum, had powers of prognostication which work, even today, though modernity requires some to have to observe neighbor's chimneys to know to 'Expect a strong wind with stormy weather when smoke from chimney hangs near the ground.' Click on headline for all the divers advices By JIM Linda's comment that her Granddaddy Marcum had "many sayings about the weather and signs in the sky" (See: Mother Nature's artwork from storm one week ago) presaged my rheumy old eyes chancing upon a list of weather signs first published in Farm & Fireside magazine an shortly thereafter, republished in the Adair County News one hundred years ago this week - early February, 1916. Said the introductory paragraph, "Experience has shown them to be fairly reliable and some of them can be explained on a scientific basis." The list, as transcribed verbatim (within the limits of faltering sight and fumbling fingers) from the News: - Moonlight nights have the heaviest frosts. - The higher the clouds the finer the weather. - The farther the sight the nearer the rain. - Dew is an indication of fine weather. - When the stars flicker in a dark background, rain or snow follows soon. - Expect a strong wind with stormy weather when smoke from chimney hangs near the ground. - Here are a few in verse. They have the advantage of being easily remembered. - Clear moon, Frost soon. - Year of snow, fruit will grow. - Rain before seven, fine before eleven. - If the sunset is gray, The next will be a rainy day. - When the wind's in the south, The rain's in its mouth. - The wind in the west, suits everyone best. - If you see grass in January, Lock your gain in the granary. - Evening red and morning gray, Help the traveler on his way. - Evening gray and morning red, Bring down rain upon his head. - When the clouds appear like rocks and towers, The earths' refreshed by frequent showers. (The list concluded with this piece of up-to-date advice: "If you can get the official weather report by phone you'd better count on that first. But the proverbs and jingles just given are better than a common guess.") Compiled by JIM This story was posted on 2016-01-31 09:41:03
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100 Years Ago: smallpox, smackdowns, scores, and other news Kentucky's Celestial Caller, January 12, 1916 One hundred years ago: first news of the new year, 1916 100 Years Ago: Reminiscing about the 1870's JIM: Odd bits of news, December 1905 100 years ago: Fairgrounds sold for $2,000 100 Years Ago: Adair County is alive . . . Columbia: A Happening Place in early September, 1915 The Eubank-Stewart handmade hatchet: where is it now? Melvin White and Rollin Hurt's caving adventure, 1870s, part 2 View even more articles in topic Jim: History |
 
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