But if it chances to snow or rain,
There will be dear all sorts of grain;
Or if the wind does blow aloft,
Great stirs will vex the world full oft;
And if dark clouds do muff the sky,
The fowl and cattle oft will die.
If Saint Paul’s day (25th January) be fair and clear,
It does betide a happy year;
But if it chance to snow or rain,
There will be dear all kinds of grain.