 Can you explain this omen? Phys. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the rain are opposite to the sun — and in the evening the rainbow is in the east, and in the morning in the west; and as our heavy rains, in this climate,...  The Naturalist - Page 701857Full view - About this book
 | Yorkshire (England) - 1882 - 376 pages
...the mills." " When the sloe tree's as white as a sheet, Sow your barley whether it be diy or weet." " A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning, A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. " ' ' When the peacock loudly bawls, Soon there'll be both rain and squalls. " "When rooks Hy sporting... | |
 | José Leite de Vasconcellos - Folk-lore, Portuguese - 1882 - 364 pages
...arco-iris da manhã presagia chuva para a tarde (F. Michel, Lêpays busque). Na Escócia diz-se: A rajnbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning; A rainbow at night is the shrpherd's delight. (Popular Khymeg of Scotland, p. 153, apud Lê pays bosque). Refere-se ao arco-ires... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 75 pages
...the traveller on his way. IF the cock crows on going to bed, He's sure to rise with a watery head. A RAINBOW in the morning Is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight 48 WEATHER RHYMES. WEATHER RHYMES— continued. RAIN, rain, Go to Spain, And never come back again.... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 232 pages
...the nearer the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. The old proverb is often correct : " A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight." 3. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing the rain are opposite to the sun. In the evening... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 264 pages
...and consequently the more ready to fall. A. I have often observed that the old proverb is correct — A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning, A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight. Can you explain this omen ? B. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing the... | |
 | Robert Henry Scott - Meteorology - 1885 - 458 pages
...forenoon must be in the west, and one in the afternoon in the east. The popular saying, therefore, A rainbow in the morning Is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night Is the shepherd's delight, simply implies that if it is raining to the west of the observer in the morning, that rain will probably... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American prose literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...and, consequently, the more ready to fall. Hal. I have often observed that the old proverb is correct: "A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning. A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight." Can you explain this omen? Phys. A rainbow can only occur when the clouds containing or depositing... | |
 | 1888 - 272 pages
...them both; Wind from the north is of very little worth; Wind from the west is the softest and best. A rainbow in the morning, Is the shepherd's warning ; A rainbow at night, Is the shepherd's delight. When Christmas is white, The graveyard is lean ; But fat is the graveyard, When Christmas is green.... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - Science - 1891 - 524 pages
...indicates that the clouds are near the earth, and that therefore they are likely to discharge rain. " A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd's warning; A rainbow at night is the shepherd's delight." 348. Why is "a rainbow in the morning the shepherd's naming ?" Because a rainbow cannot occur unless... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 484 pages
...consequently, the more ready to fall. //••,'. I have often observed that the old proverb is correct : A rainbow In the morning Is the shepherd's warning. A rainbow at night Is the shepherd's delight. Can you explain this omen ? low, and close to the ground, rain is almost surely approaching. Can you... | |
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