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Weather lore : a collection of proverbs, sayings, and rules concerning the weather / comp. and arranged by Richard Inwards.
Inwards, Richard, 1840-1937.Date: 1898- Books
The knowledge of things unknown: shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations, with the strange events that befal men, women and children born under them / compiled by Godfridus, super palladium de agricultura Anglicarum. Together with the husbandman's practice, or, Prognostication for ever ... With the shepherd's prognostication for the weather, and Pythagoras his wheel of fortune.
Godfridus.Date: [1685]- Books
The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather, grounded on forty years experience. By which you may know the weather for several days to come, and in some cases for months. To which is added, a rational account of the causes of such alterations, the nature of the wind, rain, snow, &c. ... on the principles of the Newtonian philosophy / By John Claridge, shepherd.
Claridge, John (Shepherd)Date: 1827- Books
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An essay on the weather; with remarks on the shepherd of Banbury's rules for judging of it's [!] changes; and directions for preserving lives and buildings from the fatal effects of lightening. Intended chiefly for the use of husbandmen / By John Mills.
Mills, John, -1784?Date: 1773- Books
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The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather, grounded on forty years experience. To which is added, a rational account of the causes of such alterations, the nature of wind, rain, snow, &c. on the principles of the Newtonian philosophy / By John Claridge.
Claridge, John (Shepherd)Date: 1744