Rain by Melissa Harrison

Author:Melissa Harrison [Melissa Harrison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571328956
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2016-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

Not all the old folklore was off the mark, though. Not for nothing were weather almanacks usually ascribed to shepherds or other rustics: there was a core of sound wisdom shared by such people that had been earned by years of minute and necessary observation. Who but a farmer would see at a glance that his grass appeared ‘rough’, and know that rain would follow? For clover, common in grass pasture, does contract its trefoliate leaves upwards when the air is damp, subtly changing the texture of a field. Likewise, many wild flowers (for instance pimpernel, also known as ‘countryman’s weather-glass’) will close their petals at the approach of rain, and dandelion clocks fold up to protect the fluffy seeds from becoming waterlogged. By reading signs like these, country people could (and still can) foretell rain better than city folk – something the old shepherd’s almanacks capitalised on.

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