Winter Superstitions & Predictions

*If you wash your hands in the first snow, they will not chap that winter.
*If animals have heavy fur, expect a hard winter.
*The date of the first snow indicates the number of snows that will fall that winter.
*If a flower or fruit tree which should only bloom or bear fruit once a year, blooms or bears twice in a year, expect a hard winter.
*In winter, if fowl roost and squirrels nest higher in the trees, expect a cold winter.
*If wild geese fly low when they go south, winter will be mild. If they fly high, winter will be severe.
*If a hornet builds his nest high, winter will be mild. If he builds it low, winter will be cold.
*Moss growing on the south side of the trees means a cold winter is coming.
*Thick cornhusks indicate a harsh winter with a lot of snow.
*Smoke lying low to the ground predicts a snowfall.
*Rain during the twelve days between Old Christmas and New Christmas indicates a wet year coming.