The Post Quiz: Weather-wise

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Can you tell the weather? Or do you just watch it on television?

Weather-Wise

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Weather: what an important topic. So important that Create took a whole month for it. Have you written your Create Challenge story, essay, or Guide Entry yet? You've got two more days to meet the deadline.

In the meantime, try this quiz. Throughout history, people have relied on weather wisdom to get them through the year. How many of these weather-wise sayings do you know?

Fill in the blanks.

  1. Red sky at morning, ______________
  2. Mare's tails and mackerel scales make tall ships ______________.
  3. Clear moon, _____ soon.
  4. A year of _____, a year of plenty.
  5. Halo around the _____ or ____, rain or snow soon.
  6. Rainbow in the _______ gives you fair warning.
  7. When the _____ begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
  8. Bees will not swarm before a _____.
  9. When the ditch and pond offend the ____, then look out for rain and stormy blows.
  10. When the wind blows from the _____, fish bite best. When it blows from the east, fish bite ______.

Aha, were you as weather-wise as Granny Weatherwax? Click on the storm to find the answers.

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