Can you fill in the blanks to these famous weather proverbs?
1: "Sea gull, sea gull, sit on the sand; It's a sign of _______ when you are at hand."
a. Fire
b. Rain
c. Summer
2: "Red sky at night, sailor's delight; Red sky in morning, sailors..."
a. Take warning
b. Go fishing
c. Start snoring
3: "When the ditch offends the nose, look for..."
a. Nose plugs
b. Rain and stormy blows
c. Sun through the clouds to show
4: "A cow with its tail to the west, makes weather the best; A cow with its tail to the east, makes..."
a.Weather the least
b. Good economic sense
c. The Tastiest feast
Thursday, September 2, 2010
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I have never heard most of these before, but I know number 2. "Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in morning sailors take warning." This is because a red sky in the evening supposedly means the weather tomorrow will be good, but a red sky in the morning means the weather will be bad.
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