ithin 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.
_Brookline, Mass._

1027. Mackerel sky,
Wind blow high.
_Canada._

1028. Mackerel sky,
Twenty-four hours dry.
_Salem, Mass._

1029. Open and shet,
Sign of wet.
_Maine and Massachusetts._

1030. Open and shet,
Sign of more wet.
_Massachusetts._

1031. Open and shet,
Kind o' wet.
_Massachusetts._

1032. If raindrops linger on the pane,
There will be further rain.

1033. Raindrops falling on a river, etc., and raising large bubbles, mean
a heavy fall of rain and a flood.

1034. If you can see the reflection of the building, etc., in puddles in
the street, it will rain inside of twelve hours.
_Salem, Mass._

1035. When the rain dries up quickly from puddles, it will rain again soon.
_Mattawamkeag, Me._

1036. The rope becoming slack denotes that rain is coming.
_Placentia Bay, N.F._

1037. Sparks on the bottom of the tea-kettle mean rain.
_Patten, Me._

1038. The sun drawing water means rain.
_General in the United States._

1039. When the sun sets in a bank of clouds, there will soon be rain.
_Alabama._

1040. It is believed that a rain may be stopped by putting one umbrella
or more out in the rain. The longer left the better.
_New Orleans, La. (ne