Lore and Legends...

I was reading my subscription to Martha Stewart Living and read this cute little ditty.

Clear moon, frost soon.
Halo around the moon, rain soon.

No killing frost will arrive
after the Martin comes to stay.

Leaves of three, let them be.*

Plant your seeds in a row.
One for the pheasant, one for the crow.
One to rot and one to grow.

When swallows fly low, rain is on the way.**

If you see the underside
of the leaves in the gentle breeze,
It will rain before you sneeze.

*This maxim holds true across the country; it applies to poison ivy and poison oak.

**This old saying has some scientific basis: When the air pressure falls rapidly, many airborne insects descend toward the ground, hotly persued by swallows and swifts eager to consume them.