Using the weather to tell a story, give advice, or just saying something amusing has been going on for years.

• A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read."Benjamin Franklin... On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable.

• Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching. Fran Lebowitz

• I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness. Adeline Knapp

• For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. -- Clint Eastwood

• Clouds that thunder do not always rain. -- Armenian Proverb

• Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. -- Richard Cushing

• It hasn't rained in so long, we've got catfish in the creek that are 3 years old and can't swim yet.
• Geese (and other migrating birds) fly higher in fair weather than in foul.

• Sea gull, sea gull, sit on the sand; It's a sign of a rain when you are at hand.

• A cow with its tail to the west, makes weather the best; A cow with its tail to the east, makes weather the least.

• If corn husks are thicker than usual, a cold winter is ahead.

• The higher the clouds, the better the weather.

• When ants trave in a straight line, expect rain; when they scatter, expect fair weather.

• Flies bite more before a rain.

• Sun or moon halos indicate a coming rain (or snow): the larger the halo, the nearer the precipitation.

• Bees will not swarm before a storm.

• Crickets are accurate thermometers; they chirp faster when warm and slower when cold.

• When leaves show their backs, it will rain.

• When the ditch offends the nose, look for rain and stormy blows.

• When smoke descends, good weather ends.

• When squirrels lay in a big store of nuts, look for a hard winter.

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