In some verses dedicated To all my worthy Masters and Mistresses, by
_John Small_, Bell-man, Stamford, 1850, is the following:--
If Saint Paul's day be fair and clear,
It doth betide a happy year;
If blustering winds do blow aloft,
Then wars will trouble our realm full oft,
And if by chance to snow or rain,
Then will be dear all sorts of grain.