The Wind

: NATURE SONGS
: Popular Rhymes And Nursery Tales

When the wind is in the east,

Then the fishes do bite least;

When the wind is in the west,

Then the fishes bite the best;

When the wind is in the north,

Then the fishes do come forth;

When the wind is in the south,

It blows the bait in the fish's mouth.



This weather-wise advice to anglers was obtained from Oxfordshire. It is

ound in a variety of versions throughout Great Britain.



The Lincolnshire shepherds say,--



When the wind is in the east,

'Tis neither good for man nor beast:

When the wind is in the south,

It is in the rain's mouth.



March winds are proverbial, and the following distich is not uncommon

in Yorkshire:



March winds and April showers,

Bring forth May flowers.



To which we may add,--



The south wind brings wet weather,

The north wind wet and cold together;

The west wind always brings us rain,

The east wind blows it back again.



The solution of the following pretty nursery-riddle is a hurricane of

wind:



Arthur o' Bower has broken his band,

He comes roaring up the land:

The King of Scots, with all his power,

Cannot turn Arthur of the Bower.