 | United States. Weather Bureau - 1899
...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 - 153 pągines
...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... | |
 | 1903
...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 - 95 pągines
...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, Nora Archibald Smith - 1907 - 249 pągines
...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'... | |
 | George Bird Grinnell (1849- ed) - 1911 - 397 pągines
...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 - 567 pągines
...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
...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 - 428 pągines
...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... | |
 | William Francis Macy, Roland B. Hussey - 1916 - 183 pągines
...clearly and sharply reflected. The wind is usually, but not always, from the east, for though 'tis said "When the wind is in the east 'Tis good for neither man nor beast," we often have some beautiful weather when the wind is in that quarter — a fact which is, we think,... | |
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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 fishes 
