When the wind's in the west
The fish will bite best.
Where the wind is on Candlemas Day
There it will stick to the end of May.
When the wind is in the east,
'Tis neither good for man nor beast.
1787. Wind (ill). It's an ill wind that blows nobody good.
When the wind's in the south
It's in the rain's mouth.
No weather is ill
If the wind be still.