To all of these signs with their significance of coming rain your shepherd will give a proper prominence in his mind, marking one, and then searching for another until he is certain. His first clue on any hilly ground is:
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That sheep will not wander into the uplands but keep browsing in the plain.
Having taken note of this he turns to plants, particularly to his own weather glass, the Scarlet Pimpernel, as he sees:
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That the Pimpernel closes her eye. That the down will fly from off the dandelion, the colts-foot, and from thistles though there be no wind.
Of night signs there are many, but chiefly:
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That glowworms shine very bright.
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