When the cuckoo comes to the bare shorn,
Sell your cow and buy your corn;
But when he comes to the full bit,
Sell your corn and buy your sheep.
In April he opens his bill;
In May he sings all day;
In June he alters his tune;
Come August, go he must.
Cuckoos hallooing in low lands indicate rain; on high lands indicate fair weather.
Dove.