Are you fed up with not knowing what’s going to happen next? Then read on and discover the age-old country weather forecasts for the coming season. They’re bound to be right!
“Rain in October Means wind in December.”
“Onion skins very thin,
Mild winter coming in;
Onion skins thick and tough,
Coming winter cold and rough.”
“In October dung your fields And your land its wealth shall yield.”
“When birds and badgers are fat in October Expect a cold winter.”
“If ducks do slide at Hallowtide
At Christmas they will swim.
If ducks do swim at Hallowtide,
At Christmas they will slide.”
“As high as the weeds do grow, So will the banks of snow.”
“Squirrels gathering nuts in a flurry, Will cause snow to gather in a hurry.”
“If the ice in November holds a duck
The rest of the winter will be rain & muck”
And my favourite… “The severity of Winter is determined by how far down the feathers have grown on a partridge's leg.” [First catch your partridge]
I’m sure you know lots of other “truisms” which you can add to this list, and some of them are probably much more accurate forecasts of what is to come. I think nature prepares in advance for the coming seasons, and she is a wise and far sighted provider who will undoubtedly ensure that all her creatures are given the wherewithal to survive the most inclement weather the winter can throw at us.
Maybe this is what the Met Office use for their forecasts, I rather like the idea of Derek scanning pages of country sayings before issuing his scientific sounding charts of weather fronts and isobars. I wonder how many partridges he has managed to catch.
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