Devon / Westcountry weather as fortold by plants

White Clover in Devon - if you wish to use my photos please attribute this blog.

"Expect rain if the stalks of clover stand upright ; if the flower of the convolvulus closes ; if the flowers of the sorrel and of the African marigold close ; if the flower of the pitcher-plant turns upside down ; if the flower of the cinquefoil expands.

 Fine weather is preceded by the opening of the flowers of the sorrel or the closing of the cinquefoil, and the standing erect of the flower of the pitcherplant.

A foot deep of rain
Will kill hay again ;
But three feet of snow
Will make it come mo'.

When hemp is ripe and ready to pull,
Then Englishman, beware of thy skull."

Hewett 1900