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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002
Weather forecasts are based upon a variety of signs, some of them reliable and others fantastic. Rain is believed due when a cat washes its face, when birds fly close to the ground, when there is no dew in the morning, when many snails come out, and when fish jump from the water. The town of Washington is a center for predicting the character of the coming winter; local sages prognosticate on the basis of the arrival of katydids and the behavior of caterpillars. A long or bad winter may be expected when squirrels store an unusual quantity of nuts, or bees gather a large store of honey or when moss is thick on the north side of a tree.
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