Download or read book The Essential Book of Weather Lore written by Leslie Alan Horvitz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Essential Book of Weather Lore written by Leslie Alan Horvitz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believe it or not, folklore and science have more in common than you might imagine. With The Essential Book of Weather Lore learn how you can... Predict the weather by peeling an onion or examining the bubbles in your coffee. Use plants as meteorological tools by watching how they open and close their flowers or turn their leaves "to show their backs" before rain. Foretell the next storm by observing your cat or dog. Grab for your umbrella it you hear a rooster crow at night....and more! Book jacket.
Download or read book Essential Book of Weather Lore written by Leslie Alan Horvitz Staff and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has extracted the science from the hearsay in hundreds of weather-related aphorisms and facts from around the world, from blood rain in ancient Rome to hungry polar bears in a rapidly warming Arctic.
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1893, this is the second edition of an entertaining and fascinating collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather.
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by . This book was released on 1976-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Weather Lore: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather A serene autumn denotes a windy winter; a windy Winter, a rainy spring; a rainy spring, a serene summer; a serene summer, a windy autumn, so that the air ou_ a balance is seldom debtor to itself. Lord Bacon. Spring. Slippy, drippy, nippy. Summer. Showery, flowery, bowery. Autumn. Hoppy, croppy, poppy. Winter. Wheezy, sneezy, breezy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Medley of Weather Lore written by M. E. S. Wright and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Medley of Weather Lore, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.
Download or read book The Natural Navigator written by Tristan Gooley and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.
Download or read book Weather Folk Lore and Local Weather Signs written by Edward B. Garriot and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Evening red and morning gray, two sure signs of one fine day." science and folk-lore, with the "science" as a predominating matter let us know How to tell the weather from: clouds, dew, mist, haze, fog, wind, stars, rainbows, rain, hail, birds, animals, insects, fish and plants. The wisdom acquired from our ancestors has been perpetuated in the form of trite sayings or proverbs. Many of these sayings are polished gems of weather lore, others have lost their potency by transfer to foreign lands where dissimilar climatic conditions obtain, and a large proportion have been born of fancy and superstition. This book separates from the mass of available data the true sayings that are applicable to the United States, and combines the material thus collected with reports on local weather signs that have been officially and specially prepared by observers of the United States Weather Bureau.
Download or read book Weather Lore written by Richard Inwards and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Book of Weather Lore written by Valerie Porter and published by Dalesman Publishing Company Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weather Legends written by Carole Garbuny Vogel and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American tales are set against scientific facts to explain how thunder, tornadoes, sunlight, rainbows, and other weather phenomena come into existence.
Download or read book Weather Lore written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Weather Folk lore And Local Weather Signs written by Edward Bennett Garriott and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
