If All Saints’ day will bring out the winter, Saint Martin’s day will bring out Indian summer.
All Fools’ Day.
If it thunders on All Fools’ day,
’Twill bring good crops of corn and hay.
Ascension Day.
As the weather on Ascension day, so may be the entire autumn.
Saint Thomas’s Day.
Look at the weathercock on Saint Thomas day, at 12 o’clock, and see which way the wind is, for there it will stick for the next quarter.
Saint Vincent’s.
If the sun shines on Saint Vincent’s day (22d January), a fine crop of grapes may be expected. (German.)