Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — Gulls as Weather Prophets. [ARTICLE]

Gulls as Weather Prophets.

It is a widespread belief, both in Scotland and Ulster, that the line “Sea gull, sea gull, sit on the sand, it’s never good weather while you’re on land,” alludes to the well-known fact that when the bird flies out early and far to seaward, or remains pn the sand, fair \veatUef may _ heTooked sos; while if it takes a contrary course storms most frequently follow.