Natures Predictions
I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions -
Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. |
Natures Predictions
In article , Sharon
Brackenbury writes I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions - Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. Lots of Berries on the bushes and trees a bad winter Why does cows lying down mean rain? Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
Natures Predictions
"Mike" wrote in message ... In article , Sharon Brackenbury writes I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions - Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. Lots of Berries on the bushes and trees a bad winter Why does cows lying down mean rain? LOL that was always my question when I was a child. They mght just have been tired:) O |
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Recently, Ophelia uttered:
"Mike" wrote in message ... In article , Sharon Brackenbury writes I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions - Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. Lots of Berries on the bushes and trees a bad winter Why does cows lying down mean rain? LOL that was always my question when I was a child. They mght just have been tired:) O We always thought it was because the grass they lay on would be dry after the rain, and there would be no worms on the surface so they could continue munching as soon as the rain stopped !! -- \\(º`¿´º)// It's all on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere.... If you can be bothered to look for it.... |
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Mike wrote:
In article , Sharon Brackenbury writes I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions - Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. Lots of Berries on the bushes and trees a bad winter Why does cows lying down mean rain? ...... Even a cow knows that if you lie on wet grass you will catch cold. Therefore, doesn't it make sense to preserve a bit of dry grass to lie on before it starts raining? -- ned ....... isn't it a shame that common sense is not all that common. ;-) |
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Mike wrote:
Hello Mike M Why does cows lying down mean rain? Old wives' tale. They lie down when they want to. -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/ |
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In article , ned
writes Mike wrote: In article , Sharon Brackenbury writes I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions - Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. Lots of Berries on the bushes and trees a bad winter Why does cows lying down mean rain? ..... Even a cow knows that if you lie on wet grass you will catch cold. Therefore, doesn't it make sense to preserve a bit of dry grass to lie on before it starts raining? -- ned ...... isn't it a shame that common sense is not all that common. ;-) well it just goes to show that I didn't use any common sense or I would have seen that ;-( Thick Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
Natures Predictions
In article , Sharon
Brackenbury writes Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, How do cows 'know' it's going to rain? I've never seen any looking at the weather forecast. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
Natures Predictions
Recently, Sharon Brackenbury uttered:
I am putting together a book with a working title of " Natures Predictions - Traditional Ways of Predicting Life's Natural Occurrences". Examples would be cows laying down meaning rain, how high you carry a baby predicts the sex, and how high crows build their nests predicting a good summer etc. If anyone would like to let me have any of these sayings that they can remember, then I would be happy to put their name along side it in my book. Here's a few we remember from a while back.... Bad weather gets better, a bad man never does. When the wind shifts against the sun, trust it not, for back it will run. If you lie down with dogs, you are going to get fleas. Whistling woman and crowing hen never come to a good end. Clear moon, frost soon. April showers bring May flowers. Seagull, seagull sit on the sand, it's never good weather when you're on the land. Ring around the moon, storm coming soon. -- \\(º`¿´º)// It's all on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere.... If you can be bothered to look for it.... |
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:15:16 +0100, Bigjon wrote:
We always thought it was because the grass they lay on would be dry after the rain, and there would be no worms on the surface so they could continue munching as soon as the rain stopped !! The cows round here must have perfected the five day forecast then - 'cos as I cycled home past the cows this afternoon I noted they were all lying down, despite the heat and sunshine. I think they just get bored of standing up. One cow sits down and all the others think 'Hey, what a great idea' - so they all sit down for an hour or so until one cow gets bored and decides to have a bit of a stand-up. Then all the other cows think 'Hey, what a great idea' ( cows are very susceptible to peer pressure, you see ) and they all get up again. Of course it could just be the cow's national sport - making human observers scan the horizon for clouds. They probably score points depending on which direction the observer looks first - with the ultimate goal being to get said observer to stick a finger in his gob and hold it up to the prevailing wind. I'm sure if you listen carefully at this point you'll hear a very faint 'Yaaay' from the cows. It has been said that cows can naturally tune into radio transmissions, their default frequency being that of Radio 4. They have never, ever missed a weather forecast... or an episode of the Archers - which explains a lot about their slightly distant, insane expressions. Regards, -- Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk Emails to: showard{who is at}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk |
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:15:16 +0100, Bigjon wrote: We always thought it was because the grass they lay on would be dry after the rain, and there would be no worms on the surface so they could continue munching as soon as the rain stopped !! The cows round here must have perfected the five day forecast then - 'cos as I cycled home past the cows this afternoon I noted they were all lying down, despite the heat and sunshine. I think they just get bored of standing up. One cow sits down and all the others think 'Hey, what a great idea' - so they all sit down for an hour or so until one cow gets bored and decides to have a bit of a stand-up. Then all the other cows think 'Hey, what a great idea' ( cows are very susceptible to peer pressure, you see ) and they all get up again. Of course it could just be the cow's national sport - making human observers scan the horizon for clouds. They probably score points depending on which direction the observer looks first - with the ultimate goal being to get said observer to stick a finger in his gob and hold it up to the prevailing wind. I'm sure if you listen carefully at this point you'll hear a very faint 'Yaaay' from the cows. It has been said that cows can naturally tune into radio transmissions, their default frequency being that of Radio 4. They have never, ever missed a weather forecast... or an episode of the Archers - which explains a lot about their slightly distant, insane expressions. Regards, He He... like it ! -- \\(º`¿´º)// It's all on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere.... If you can be bothered to look for it.... |
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:08:48 +0100, Mike
wrote: Lots of Berries on the bushes and trees a bad winter Yep, the Rowan tree is the true guide . Anyway, you naughty thing you, there is no such thing as a "bad winter". There are "hard winters" - which coincidentally are very good at giving pests a difficult ride etc. etc. Ok Ok . There are no such things as pests, only animals/plants inconvenient to homo sapiens. Pejorative words. Avoiding them? Round and round in circles ....... goes the Teddy Bear. One step, two step, tickly under there. Huss Grow a little garden spam block - for real addy, reverse letters of second level domain. |
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"Bigjon" wrote in message We always thought it was because the grass they lay on would be dry after the rain, and there would be no worms on the surface so they could continue munching as soon as the rain stopped !! Mabe but have you never seen them galloping to the shelter of trees when the rain starts:) O |
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writes tickly under there. Where? ;-} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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