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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53977	The sheepherd's new kalender: or, The citizens & country man's daily companion treating of most things that are useful, profitable, delightful, and advantageous to mankind. Being the thirty years study, and experience, of a learned sheepherd in the west of England.	C.P.	1700 (1700)	Wing P11; ESTC R218669	73,860	167

long Train of Light fore-run Winds that will soon ensue Chaff Leaves Feathers Thistle Down or such light things whisking about and turning round foreshow Tempestuous Winds A murmering noise in the Woods when little Wind is stiring foretells a storm is Engendering Cormorants and other Sea Fowl flocking to shore and often Crying denotes great storms to ensue Cattle on a sudden hasting to their stalls housing-places or other shelter do the like The Herns exceeding high flying denotes the Air is moved with Winds in the Upper Region and that sudden storms will ensue The much Whispering and Rusling among Reeds and Flaggs in Meadow-Ditches and Marshes Prognosticates the Wind is gathering in the Air. Small scattered Clouds to the South West that fly high lye as it were in Ridges and seem not to move engender Winds often producing Whirl-Winds A kind of a Murmering of Thunder from the North foretells great Tempests will arise A Reddish Circle about the Moon at the Full denotes much Wind. A Red Lowring Morning is the Forerunner of Wind. If in a Lamp the Oyl purls and sparkles the Wick grows hard that it Burns dimly it foretells a strong Wind engendring and will suddenly Rise If there appear Fiery spots or those of a Reddish Colour in the Sun upon its Setting much Wind will ensue speedily Signs of the Winds shifting or Changing in the several Points of the Compass VVHen the Sun Rises with many pale spots appearing in its Orbe and part of it Vailed in a Cloud the Wind in what Point soever it will soon shift to the South When the Wind has been setled 24 Hours or more in any of the Full Points as North East West and South when it begins to shift it will not settle till it comes to the opposite Point as from the North to the South and so from the Full East to Full West and so of the Angular Points as from North East to South East Let the VVind be in what Quarter it will upon the New Moon it presently shifts When the Generallity of the Clouds Rack or Drive with the wind yet many in little Fleeces or long strakes lying higher and appear not to move the wind is Flagging and will quickly shift Signs of storms Ceasing A Hasty shower of Rain falling when the wind has Raged for some Hours soon Allays it If a storm Rise with the Sun at the Falling of the Sun it will begin to Decline and about Mid-Night Cease If the Water Ruckles much and frequent Bubles arise the storm is of a short continuance If a Halcyon or Kings Fisher a Bird so called Attemps the Seas when the wind Blows hard it is a sign it is Abating and will soon Cease The uneasiness of Swine in their stys and their endeavouring to be Enlarged denotes the Wind in a little time to Cease The Merry Chiriping of Sparrows does the like as also the Moles coming out of their Holes Signs of Excessive Hot Weather LIttle strings like Cobwebs flying in the Air in a Morning show the Heat will be much especially for the season A Glissening on the Grass at the Sun Rise like the Threads of Spinners denotes much Heat in Summer or Autumn The steeming and smoaking of standing Waters when the Sun is about setting foretells a Hot Day to ensue for then the Mineral Fires are forcing their way to add to the Suns Enflaming the Air. Great swarms of Gnats abroad in Marshes and Fenny Places in the Evening foretells Hot weather to ensue Many Frogs coming out of the water on the Banks of Ditches Ponds c. presage Hot weather to ensue The Plover or Lapwing Flying high and then low making almost continual Crys foreshows much Heat to follow Signs of Cold weather or hard winter THE Suns setting in a Mist looking Red and Broader than usual The Clearness of the stars and their much Twinkling Starlings Feldefars and other Birds of a Hot Nature hastening in great Flocks or Flights from the Northern to the southern Climates Cold Dews and Morning Rymes on St. Bartholomew's Day and the three succeeding Days A Hoar Frost on Michaelmas Day in the Morning denotes a hard winter The Swallows going away soonner than usual denotes a Cold season to ensue The Birds laying up Haws slows and other stores in Old Nests or Hollows of Trees foretells a Hard winter Sea-Pys Flocking from Salt water about Fresh Rivers or Lakes signify a sudden alteration of the weather to much Cold. The Owl much Hooting in the Night at Michaelmas Tide denotes a Hard Frosty winter Ignis Fatuus or Will with whisp much and often appearing in Moorish Ground fore-runs a Cold season Prognosticks of Fair weather by the Planets Elements and Creatures c. THE Moon at four Days Old having her Horns sharp and pointed very Bright it predicts fair weather till the Full if not to the Months End The stars shine Clear and Bright seeming to Dart or Shoot out pointed Rays Little Clouds sinking Low as into Valleys at South East and South VVest The Sun Rising in the Morning Fair and Bright and setting at Night Blushing without Spots or Black Clouds near it The Larks Rising very high and continuing singing a long time The Halcyons and other Sea Fowl leaving the shores and Flocking to sea Mists or smoakings on the top of the water The Rainbow appearing after a shower and the Blew and Yellow part of it very Bright and Lightish Colour Fish often Rising and Bubbling at the top of of the water Cattle Feeding without often looking up or about them Scattering white Clouds like Fleeces of Wool to the North VVest Spiders VVebbs on the Grass and Trees foretells much fair weather Bees flying far from their Hives and coming late Home do the like A Bright Clear or Shineing Circle about the Moon at the Full promises fair weather predicts many fair Days to ensue Much Dew on sheeps wool in a Morning is a sign of fair weather Signs of Hail violent and moderate by the Planets Elements c. IF the Sun at Rising cast a Glittering Light as if it Reflected on some Lucid Matter though few or no Clouds at that time appear the Vapours are Condensed in the Cold Region and fore-runing into Clouds that will scatter Violent Hail If in the Morning the Eastern Skys before the Suns Rising look pale and Refracted Beams appear in Thick Clouds great storms of Hail will ensue to the great Damage of Corn Vineyards Fruit Trees c. If the Clouds look Fleecy Dusky White enclining to Yellowish and move but Heavily though the wind is pretty stiff the Vapours Composing them are Engendered and Frozen as Virgil says Ah then but I 'll defends her Grapes Such horrid Hail on House tops Ratling Leaps If the Clouds appear of a whitish blue and Expand much it will be small Hail or Drizling for that happens in VVinter or the Spring when it cannot be carryed high enough to be Condensed with a greater quantity of Cold because the