Weather Lore
A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather

Published in 1893, this is the second edition of an entertaining and fascinating collection of proverbs, rhymes and sayings about the weather.

Richard Inwards (Author)

9781108077620, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 11 December 2014

212 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.28 kg

Richard Inwards (1840–1937) trained as a mining engineer, working on projects in Europe and South America (his book on Tiwanaku in Bolivia, The Temple of the Andes, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). A fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and the Royal Astronomical Society, Inwards became well known in scientific circles. Weather Lore was first published in 1869, with this 1893 second edition including new entries from the United States. Compiled from sources as diverse as Hesiod, the Bible and Francis Bacon, the collection includes the notable observations that 'if spaniels sleep more than usual, it foretells wet weather', but 'if rats are more restless than usual, rain is at hand'. Often entertaining, always fascinating, the book does not pretend to be scientifically accurate; as the author was to remark later, 'no human being can correctly predict the weather, even for a week to come'.

Introduction
1. Weather in general
2. Times and seasons
3. Sun, moon and stars
4. Wind
5. Clouds
6. Mists
7. Dew
8. Fog
9. Sky
10. Air
11. Sound
12. Tide, etc.
13. Rain
14. Rainbow
15. Frost
16. Hail
17. Snow
18. Ice
19. Thunder and lightning
20. Barometer
21. Thermometer
22. Hygrometer
23. Telescope
24. Animals
25. Birds
26. Fish, molluscs, etc.
27. Reptiles, etc.
28. Insects
29. Plants, etc.
30. Various
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP]