red sky at night, shepherd's delight, red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning

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• red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning — One of the most persistent of the weather sayings, used by sailors as well as shepherds (see quots. 1893 and 1996). With allusion to MATTHEW xvi. 2–3 (AV) When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning …   Proverbs new dictionary

• night — see night brings counsel Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright, the longest day and the shortest night all cats are grey in the dark red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning sing before breakfast, cry before night …   Proverbs new dictionary

• morning — see morning dreams come true never bid the devil good morrow until you meet him red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning …   Proverbs new dictionary

• sky — see if the sky falls we shall catch larks red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning winter never rots in the sky …   Proverbs new dictionary

• shepherd — see red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning …   Proverbs new dictionary

• red — see red sky at night, shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Red — This article is about the color. For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). Red   Spectral coordinates  Wavelength 620–740 …   Wikipedia

• Weather lore — is the body of informal folklore related to the prediction of the weather.It has been a human desire for millennia to make accurate weather predictions. Oral and written history is full of rhymes, anecdotes, and adages meant to guide the… …   Wikipedia

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Introduction — The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs provides a general history of proverbs in common use in Britain in the last two hundred years. Some of the proverbs have been in use throughout the English speaking world for many years; others… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium