Indicate a good year;
But when accompanied by rain,
We hope for better times in vain.
Whatever July and August do not boil, September cannot fry.
Clear on St. Jacob’s day (20th) promises plenty fruit.
If three days previous to St. Jacob’s are clear, then the rye will be good.
If the 1st of July be rainy weather,
’Twill rain more or less for three weeks together.
August.
Thunder-storms after Bartholomew’s day are mostly violent.