When rheumatic people complain of more than ordinary pains in the joints, it will rain.
If corns, wounds, and sores itch or ache more than usual, rain is to fall shortly.
A coming storm your shooting corns presage,
And aches will throb, your hollow tooth will rage.
When animals seek sheltered places instead of spreading over their usual range, an unfavorable change is probable.
Hark! I hear the asses bray,
We shall have some rain to-day.
If oxen turn up their nostrils and sniff the air, or if they lick their fore feet, or lie on their right side, it will rain.
Goats leave the high grounds and seek shelter before a storm.
Hogs crying and running unquietly up and down with hay or litter in their mouths, foreshow a storm to be near at hand.