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1012. A fog from the hills
Brings water to the mills.
A fog from the sea
Drives all the rain away.
_Prince Edward Island._
1013. Fog on the hill
Brings water to the mill.
Fog in the vale,
Catch all the water in a pail.
_Massachusetts._
1014. Three foggy mornings and then a rain.
_Massachusetts._
1015. It will rain within twenty-four hours of a hoar frost.
_Deerfield, Mass._
1016. When the glass sweats, it is the sign of rainy weather.
_Alabama._
1017. If the ground is black, it means rain.
_Peabody, Mass._
1018. To wear your husband's hat is a sign of rain.
_Massachusetts._
1019. Talking of horses is a sign of rain.
_Labrador._
1020. Mackerel sky
Five miles high
Lets the earth
Go three days dry.
_Miller's River, Mass._
1021. Mackerel sky,
Rain by and by.
_Massachusetts._
1022. A mackerel sky is a sign of a storm.
_Prince Edward Island._
1023. Mackerel sky,
Rain is nigh.
or
Mackerel sky,
Rain to-morrow.
_Brookline, Mass._
1024. Mackerel sky
Three days high
Never leaves the earth
Three days dry.
_Massachusetts._
1025. Mackerel's back and the mare's tails
Make lofty ships carry low sails.
_Newburyport, Mass._
1026. Mackerel sky, horse's tail,
Make the sailor draw his sail.
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