Weather Proverbs

About this eBook

Author

Dunwoody, H. H. C. (Henry Harrison Chase), 1842-1933

Title

Weather proverbs

Original Publication

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QC: Science: Physics

Subject

Weather -- Folklore

Category

Text

eBook-No.

74916

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74916

Release Date

December 16, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WEATHER PROVERBS.
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
3. 3.CIRCULAR CALLING FOR REPORTS OF POPULAR WEATHER SAYINGS.
4. 4.PART I. — POPULAR WEATHER PROGNOSTICS. — CYCLONE PROGNOSTICS. — WEDGE-SHAPED ISOBAR PROGNOSTICS. — STRAIGHT ISOBAR PROGNOSTICS. — ANTICYCLONE PROGNOSTICS. — CONCLUSION. — DISCUSSION. — POPULAR WEATHER PROVERBS AND PROGNOSTICS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO ANIMALS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO BIRDS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO CLOUDS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO DEW. — PROVERBS RELATING TO FISH. — PROVERBS RELATING TO FOG OR MIST. — PROVERBS RELATING TO FROST. — PROVERBS RELATING TO INSECTS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO THE MOON. — PROVERBS RELATING TO PLANTS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO RAIN. — PROVERBS RELATING TO RAINBOWS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO REPTILES. — PROVERBS RELATING TO STARS OR METEORS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO SNOW. — PROVERBS RELATING TO THE SUN. — PROVERBS RELATING TO THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. — PROVERBS RELATING TO TREES. — PROVERBS RELATING TO WIND. — PROVERBS RELATING TO YEARS AND SEASONS. — PROVERBS RELATING TO MONTHS, WEEKS, AND DAYS. — GENERAL PROGNOSTICS. — DR. JANNER’S REASONS FOR NOT GOING HUNTING.
5. 5.PART II. — GENERAL PHENOMENA. — Table No. I. — Winds most likely to be followed by rain or snow. — NOTES. — Table No. II. — Winds least likely to be followed by rain or snow. — NOTES.
6. 6.LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.

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