2508. When fire spits, there will be snow.

2509. The crackling of the fire with a fluffy sound as if snow were falling into it indicates the coming of snow.

2510. If a fire sighs, there will be very cold weather.

2511. When fish jump above the surface of the water, you may expect rain................Blue Grass

2512. When flies sting you, expect rain.

2513. If a flower or a fruit tree which should bloom or bear but once a year, blooms or bears twice in a season, you may look for a hard winter.

2514. If the fog lifts early, it will rain.......Mountains

2515. If the fog lifts late, the day will be clear.

2516. If the fog goes up, there will be falling weather.

2517. If the fog comes down, there will be pretty weather.

2518. A dense fog line near water, indicates the height to which the water will rise by means of the rain which will follow the fog............. Mountains

2519. In winter, if the fowls seek a more elevated place to roost, there is colder weather coming.

2520. Frogs freeze up three times before spring comes to stay...............................Mountains

2521. If frogs croak in the daytime, it will rain.

2522. A white frost is a sign of rain.

2523. After three white (heavy) frosts, expect rain.

2524. If frost hangs on the timber late in the morning, snow may be expected.

2525. The general conditions that precede heavy frosts are: rising barometer, falling temperature, low humidity, west to northwest winds diminishing in force, and clear or clearing weather... .Lexington

2526. Fruits, vegetables, and other crops are likely to be damaged by spring frosts............Lexington

2527. Autumn crops in Kentucky are generally not injured by frost......................Lexington

2528. The continual slamming of a gate means that cold weather is approaching.. .North-eastern Kentucky

2529. When the gnats swarm, rain and warmer weather will follow...................Central Kentucky

2530. If the breastbone of a goose is white, expect clear, warm weather.

2531. If the breastbone of a goose is dark, you may expect cold weather.

2532. If the breastbone of the goose is mottled, expect varied weather.

2533. The weather goose must be hatched in June and killed on December first.

2534. You may expect rain when a number of geese flap their wings in the water..............Mountains

2535. If wild geese fly low when they go south, the winter will be mild.

2536. If wild geese fly high when they go south, the winter will be severe.

2537. A heavy wild-grape crop is followed by a hard winter.

2538. If a grasshopper is seen dancing, there will be rain within three days............Southern Kentucky

2539. When guineas cry in the afternoon, there will be rain later.

2540. When your hair curls, you may expect rain.

2541. If a hog looks toward the north, cold weather may be expected.

2542. There will be cold weather when hogs begin to build their beds.

2543. If a hog's liver points towards its head with the little end, the first part of the winter will be warm and the second part cold............Blue Grass

2544. If a hog's liver points towards its head with the large end, the first part of the winter will be cold and the second part warm...........Blue Grass

2545. When hogs are killed in the winter, if the large end of the hog's spleen is behind, most of the winter is over.............................Blue Grass

2546. When hogs are killed in the winter, if the large end of the hog's spleen is in front, the hardest part of the winter is yet to come..........Blue Grass

2547. The squealing of pigs foretells cold weather.

2548. The loud sound of horses' hooves shows that rain is near.

2549. "Horses' tails and fishes' scales Make sailors spread their sails."

2550. If a hornet builds his nest low, there will be a cold winter.....................Western Kentucky

2551. If the hornet's nest is high, the winter will be mild...........................Western Kentucky

2552. Rapidly increasing moisture after a period of low humidity is a strong indication of approaching rain, but by no means a sure one...........Louisville

2553. Except as a sign of more rain during an intermission in a rainstorm, high humidity is not usually a forerunner of rain, unless the rain is about to begin .................................. Lexington

2554. There is generally a decrease of relative humidity before rain.........................Lexington

2555. As a rule, humidity can not be depended upon as an indicator of rain.....................Lexington

2556. If you see an insect carrying material for its bed, there will be cold weather.....Western Kentucky

2557. Ninety days, or three months, after the first katydid is heard, there will be frost.

2558. If a lamp flickers continually, there will be rain.. ...................................Blue Grass

2559. Lightning in the north means rain within twenty-four hours...................Central Kentucky

2560. Lightning in the north is a sign of dry weather.

2561. If you see lightning in the northwest, it will rain within forty-eight hours.

2562. If there is lightning in the east, one may look for dry weather.

2563. Lightning in the south means dry weather.

2564. When you see a flash of lightning, count as fast as you can until it thunders. " The number will show how many miles away the lightning has struck.

2565. If locusts are noisy, dry weather will follow.

2566. If locust blooms are heavy, expect a cool summer.

2567. If everything is eaten at a meal, the weather will be clear the next day...................Mountains

2568. There will be rain if mice cry loudly at night.

2569. When the thick part of milk rises to the top, there will be rain.