An old astrologer, referring to St. Paul’s day, Jan. 25, says:—
If St. Paul be fair and clear,
It promises then a happy year;
But if it chance to snow or rain,
Then will be dear all sorts of grain;
Or if the wind do blow aloft,
Great stirs will vex the world full oft;
And if dark clouds do muff the sky,
Then fowl and cattle oft will die.
Another, alluding to the Ember-day in December, says:—