| United States. Weather Bureau - 1899 - 926 pàgines
...not materially changed, at any rate in respect to winds, after the lapse of about twenty centuries. When the wind is in the north, The skillful fisher...goes not forth; When the wind is in the east, 'Tis кчоЛ for neither man nor beawt; When the wind is in the south, It blows the flies in the fish's... | |
| Edward Bennett Garriott - 1903 - 208 pàgines
...not materially changed, at any rate in respect to winds, after the lapse of about twenty centuries. When the wind is in the north, The skillful fisher goes not forth ; When the wind is in the east, "Pis good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in the south, It blows the flies in the fish's... | |
| United States. Weather Bureau - 1903 - 206 pàgines
...changed, at any rate in respect to winds, after the lapse of about twenty centuries. When the'wind is in the north, The skillful fisher goes not forth; When the wind is in the east, "Pis good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in the south, It blows the flies in the fish's... | |
| Sarah Row Christy - 1905 - 168 pàgines
...sages. (To be read to the pupils.) When the wind is in the east, 'Tis neither good for man nor beast ; When the wind is in the north, The skillful fisher goes not forth : When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait to the fish's mouth ; When the wind is in the west, Then it is the very best.... | |
| Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin - 1907 - 276 pàgines
...Thursday, something better; Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow; Sneeze on a Saturday, joy to-morrow. r When the wind is in the east, 'Tis good for neither man nor beast; When the wind is in the north, The skilful fisher goes not forth; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes'... | |
| 1919 - 850 pàgines
...your family will die very soon. "When the wind is in the east It's neither good for m:m nor beast. When the wind is in the north The skillful fisher goes not forth. When the wind is in the south It blows the bait in the fish's mouth. When the wind is in the west. Then 'tis at its very best.''... | |
| George Bird Grinnell, Eugene La Forrest Swan - 1911 - 428 pàgines
...bright, cool weather. North wind brings cold. South wind brings heat. When the wind is in the east, It's good for neither man nor beast. When the wind is in the north, The old fulks should not venture forth. When the wind is in the south. It blows the bait in... | |
| Ernest Thompson Seton - 1912 - 594 pàgines
...deep, clear sky of fleckless blue Breeds storms within a day or two. When the wind is in the east, It's good for neither man nor beast. When the wind is in the north, The old folk should not venture forth, When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the... | |
| 1912 - 156 pàgines
...twenty-nine. When the wind is in the east, When the wind is in the north, Tis neither good for man nor beast; The skillful fisher goes not forth; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very... | |
| 1916 - 456 pàgines
...the wind" has on the temper of men. "Do business with men when the wind is in the north-west," and "When the wind is in the east 'tis good for neither man nor beast," are adages in common use. Furthermore, the success or failure of human undertaking is often dependent... | |
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