CHAPTER XIX

WEATHER LORE AND FARMING TERMS

The weather as a topic for conversation 312-313 Signs of rain and of fine weather 314-317 Prophecies concerning seasons and crops 317-318 Thomas Tusser and his ‘good husbandlie lessons’ 318-320 Decay of old farming customs 321 Harvest customs 322-324 Names for hay-cocks, labourers’ meals, &c. 325 Calls to animals 326 Sheep-scoring numerals 327

## CHAPTER XX WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Varieties of weights and measures in the dialects 328-331

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