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The instructions of King Cormac Mac Airt: Tecosca Cormaic (Author: Unknown)

paragraph 17

‘O grandson of Conn, Cormac,’ said Carpre, ‘how do you distinguish weathers?’ ‘Not hard to tell,’ said Cormac.

1. Ice is the mother of corn,
   snow is the father of fat,
   5] a shower is a presage of bloodshed,
   drought is a presage of pestilence,
   wind is most troublesome in a strait,
   the best of weathers is mist,
   better his brother rain,
   10] save for the sea, thunder is not fruitful.