gro)._

1041. Water boiling over out of a kettle is a sign of rain.
_Labrador._

1042. Water boiling away quickly from the kettle is a sign of rain.
_Newfoundland; general in the United States._

1043. The same, however, is also said to be a sign of mild weather.
_Bay Roberts, N.F._

1044. To eat or sing in the water-closet betokens rain the next day.
_Eastern Massachusetts._

1045. Water low in wells is a sign of rain.
_Placentia Bay, N.F._

1046. Whistle to bring rain.
_Newfoundland._

1047. When you hear a distant locomotive whistle, it is a sign of rain.
_Alabama._

1048. Comes the rain before the wind,
Then your topsail you must mind.
Comes the wind before the rain,
Haul your topsails up again.
_Cape Cod, Mass._

1049. In northerly squalls:--

If the rain comes before the wind,
'T is time your topsail to take in;
If the wind before the rain,
You may hoist your topsail up again.
_Labrador._

WIND AND STORM.

1050. A broom falling across the doorway, or chairs set crosswise, is the
sign of a storm.
_Stratham, N.H._

1051. If a cloud and wind are coming, the wind will last.
_Trinity Bay, N.F._

1052. If a cloud looks as if it had been picked by a hen,
Get ready to reef your topsails then.
_Mansfield, O._

1053. Clothes hanging about the rigging will bring wind.
_Newfoundland._

1054. Blue blazes in a coal fire mean a storm.
_Eastern Massachusetts._

1055. When wood on the fire makes a peculiar hissing noise, it is said
"to tread snow," and there will soon be a storm.
_Salem, Mass._

1056. If the stove-lids get red-hot when the fire is first made, it is a
sure sign of a storm of some kind.
_Cambridge, Mass._

1057. If the vessel is becalmed, throw a halfpenny overboard to buy wind.
_Harbor Grace, N.F._

1058. If the halyard lies against the mast, the wind will increase.
_Newfoundland_

1059. Sticking a knife in the mainmast produces wind.
_Conception Bay, N.F._

1060. Table-knives turning blue denote that a northeast wind is coming.
_Placentia Bay, N.F._

1061. Strange lights at sea are seen before a northeast gale.
_Newfoundland_

1062. To see Northern Lights denotes that south wind and a storm will
come inside of forty-