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their weather maps and chea their pencils, consider these tips from almanacs, Indians, farmers, snow shovel salesmen, and others whe know their harbingers.
Katydids herald cold weather by giving song exactly six weeks before the first frost.
Plenty of acorns, hickory, and other nuts —with squirrels working overtime storing them away—means a severe wintei or, skeptics say, a bountiful summer and greedy squirrels.
Com husks sticking stiffly out -from the stalk mean a bad winter. So do thick skins on locally grown apples or onions, extra-fun^ Squirrels’ tails, the family dog’s coat grown thick after the first cold snap, and an unusually heavy layer of feathers on the Thanksgiving turkey. And a dark turkey breastbone—instead of a white one—means especially chilly weather ahead. A severe winter follows a spring that smothers dogwoods in blossoms, a
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