In the original dustsheet. Black cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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An enthralling book that not only satisfies our fascination for lost wisdom of our ancestors but also indulges the British obsession with the weather. Probably the best known country saying of them all is ‘red sky at night, shepherd’s delight’. Wise Words and Country Ways Weather Lore presents us with dozens more similar, but largely now forgotten, words of wisdom that are imbued with a centuries-old understanding of the patterns of British weather, seasonal changes and the behaviour of plants and animals around us. It has highly relevant content for an age where we all feel we have lost touch with the patterns of nature.

Did you know?

• Whether rain or snow, 500 million litres (110 million gallons) of water can fall from the air in a single thunderstorm.

• The collapsible umbrella, probably invented by the Chinese around 1000 BC, was originally made of bamboo covered in silk and was probably not waterproof, but by the sixth century AD the Chinese were using oiled mulberry bark, which is indeed rain-resistant.