If October brings much frost and wind, then are January and February mild.
Clear autumn, windy winter.
As many days from the first snow to the next new moon, so many times will it thaw during winter.
When birds and badgers are fat in October, a cold winter is expected.
If on All Saints’ day the beech acorn is dry we will stick behind the stove in winter, but if it is wet and not light the winter will not be dry, but wet.
If it is at Martin (November 11th) fair, dry, and cold, the cold in winter will not last long.
If the geese at Martin’s day stand on ice, they will walk in mud on Christmas.
If the leaves of the trees and grape-vines do not fall before Martin’s day, a cold winter may be expected.
As November 21st, so the winter.
When in November the water rises, it will show itself the whole winter.